Is Shamrock Farms milk homogenized and why isn’t it stated on packaging?
Yes, all of Shamrock Farms products are homogenized except for our heavy cream. Homogenization breaks down and blends milk and cream to give one uniform product. Non-homogenized products experience a separation of the cream, resulting in “cream on the top.” Heavy cream does not go through the homogenization process because the only ingredient in heavy cream is cream (nothing needs to be blended). Because homogenization is standard practice in the U.S. and labeling products as homogenized is not required by law, we choose to dedicate labeling space to communicate other important product attributes such as our milk being free of the growth hormone rBST.
