Because
our milk is 100% Grade A, you see this designation on our package: "Grade
A Milk."
Using
only the finest products, the purity of our cheese is guaranteed throughout
the production process in our USDA-inspected plant, which includes a modern
quality control laboratory. From start to finish, sanitation is constantly monitored
using enclosed vats and enclosed cheese tables.
Our
cheese is made and fermented in batches, each batch having its own particular
characteristics, much like a fine wine. Only our highest grades make it to packaging
under the The Cheese Cottage label.
Not
all cheese is vegetarian, but ours is! The Cheese Cottage cheese products are
free of animal-derived rennet used in the coagulation process in some commercial
cheeses. Such production measures qualify The Cheese Cottage cheese products
to be "vegetarian" for ovo-lacto vegetarians. (Animal-derived rennet
is an enzyme found in the stomach lining of calves.)
The
Cheese Cottage is committed to making the highest quality cheese possible. With
America’s growing concern about healthy food products, Joseph Farms wants
consumers to be aware that its premium line of award-winning cheese with the
special seal, is guaranteed free of ALL artificial hormones: free of the bovine growth hormone
(rBGH or rBST) and free of all the other artificial hormones commonly used in
the dairy industry today.
Veterinarians
consulted by The Cheese Cottage have estimated 95% of dairies use some type
of artificial hormones including reproduction hormones, milk let-down hormones,
growth-promoting hormones, vaccine or shock reaction hormones, and steroidal
anti-inflammatory hormones.