Danisco removes artificial hormone in dairy antimicrobials

Danisco has removed the growth hormone rBST from the supply chain for MicroGard antimicrobials in response to requests from its dairy consumers.

MicroGard fermentates are used in a wide range of dairy products in the US from drinks to cottage cheese as a tool to keep spoilage organisms at bay.

To guarantee that the fermentates are free from growth hormones, Danisco has pledged that all the cultured skim milk used to make them is from cows that have not received recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST).

Danisco global product manager Matthew Hundt said the change has had no impact on product performance or product cost but it did demand work with suppliers to ensure that all the milk coming had not been treated with rBST.