| Product Name | HyVee | |
| Rating | (4)  |
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| Location | West Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Products | Fluid milk products | |
| Market Area | IA, MN, MO, IL, KS, NE, SD | |
| Web Site | http://www.hy-vee.com/ | |
Hy-Vee Health Market They write: "Hy-Vee Health Market Organic Milk is a delicious reminder of what milk used to taste like. Kalona SuperNatural, the producer of our milks, uses dairy practices aimed at bringing our customers as close to farm fresh milk as possible. We know our efforts to deliver the freshest milk possible are successful because we receive frequent, gushing praise from people who have tried it. Pete Hardin, editor and publisher of the Milkweed, named Hy-Vee Health Market Organic Milk the best milk in the country. He said 'If more milk tasted like Hy-Vee Health Market Organic Milk we would need more cows in the country.' We hope you experience the same excitement with your first taste of Hy-Vee Health Market Organic Milk!" |
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| Criteria | Points | Comments |
| Ownership Structure | 80 | Employee-owned corporation |
| Milk Supply | 70 | Kalona SuperNatural |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms | 100 | IDALS, OC, Int., GOA |
| Certifier processing | 100 | IDALS |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 95 | Good pasture compliance |
| Health and longevity of cows | 90 | Long-lived healthy cows |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms | 90 | Only organic animals (from birth) purchased |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle | 100 | Never |
| Reproductive hormones used | 50 | Occasional oxytocin use |
| Farm support oversight | 90 | All dairies and visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 100 | None |
| TOTAL SCORE | 1065 | FOUR COWS (excellent) |