Why Lewis Road White Milks are different from the rest
Find out how Lewis Road Creamery's White Milk Range is delivering a better product for consumers and the environment.
As their name delightfully hints, Lewis Road Creamery are on a journey. A Road trip … to bring you the very best dairy they can, and quite simply “milk the way it should be”. They don’t claim to have all the answers yet, but they know you are wanting a brand that doesn't shy away from having the hard conversations, and a brand that isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo in order to bring you dairy produced with the ethical and sustainability practices you would expect from Lewis Road Creamery.
You may recall that Lewis Road was the first milk brand to bring you 100% recycled bottles made from rPET, that are also 100% recyclable. As buyers of their milk products, you’ve helped drive the success of their rPET ambition. Other brands have opted to follow suit, but some still only use 30% recycled plastic. Now Lewis Road are inspiring change within the industry again. This time with their White Milk Range available throughout supermarkets in New Zealand.
Thinking globally, and with sustainability and bio-diversity in mind, their White Milk Range comes from cows that are not fed Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE), a by-product of the palm oil industry. As it happens, New Zealand is the world’s largest importer of PKE, where it’s used as a feed to supplement cows’ diets[1]. It’s a feed that’s cheap to purchase, and cows love to eat it, which means it helps farmers boost their milk production.
Even though PKE is a by-product of the palm oil industry, Lewis Road Creamery have chosen to start their journey to farm without it and take a stand against the negative environmental impact of palm oil production. New Zealand has an abundance of grass and other forage crops so they prefer to use locally grown feed. Lewis Road have carefully selected their white milk to come from a handful of farms that do not feed their cows PKE and where the cows spend their time out on pastures all year round. They think this makes their milk taste better ... after all we eat what our food eats, so this isn’t just an ethical issue, important as that is, but a flavour consideration as well.
Being PKE free with their White Milk Range is a bold move on their part and they would love your support so they know they’re on the right track. Find Lewis Road’s White Milk Range “with values” in your local chiller. Jersey & Organic in Homogenised, Non-Homogenised, or Light along with tummy tamers A2 Protein and Lactose free ... there’s one especially tailored to you so take your pick and enjoy!
Lewis Road Creamery are also working hard to bring you more products that contain milk from cows that haven’t been fed Palm Kernel Expeller – PKE.
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