Be Hormone Free!

rBST is the controversial synthetic version of bovine growth hormone, a protein hormone that occurs naturally in the pituitary gland of cattle. It is a factor controlling the amount of milk produced by a dairy cow. Injected into dairy cattle, the product can increase milk production by an average of over 10%.

Different opinions remain about the long-term effects of these hormones on humans and the health and welfare of the animals treated with them.

You have the option to choose foods made from the milk of cows not treated with hormones. The milk produced in Finland for Finlandia cheese is of excellent quality, both technically and ethically. The use of rBST and other growth hormones is forbidden in Finland.