Silk and the dairy company

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Another advantage (to weigh against the disdavtanges stated earlier)

of Silk is that they also distribute their soymilk under other brand

names, which again increases the availability of the product and can

lower the cost.

 

I sometimes buy a case of 12 32-oz non-refrigerated cartons of Silk

co-branded under the Kirkland name (but " Silk " is still prominently

displayed on the label) at Costco. I think the price comes out to

roughly .90 a quart, or $3.60 a gallon, which is about as inexpensive

as I've found. It's labeled USDA Organic and contains no GMOs.

 

- Alan

 

, Maria Rasmussen <amigosaqui>

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> Hi all,

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> After reading some of the comments about Silk being owned by a

dairy company, I felt the need to offer another perspective.

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> I can understand the reluctance on the part of many vegans to buy

Whitewave products. I don't eat dairy myself, so I get it. I

remember being pretty irritated when I found out that Whitewave was

purchased by Dean Foods, which actually happened quite some time

ago. My husband saw it very differently, though. He insisted that

this would give Whitewave greater marketing power and the opportunity

to make soy products much more accessible to the general public. He

was right. For example: My mother-in-law recently informed me that

she found Silk soymilk in her local grocery store. Mind you, she

lives in a very tiny town in the middle of Wisconsin. This may not

seem significant to some people, but to a woman who was raised on a

dairy farm and has spent all of her 62 years around the dairy

industry, this was a bit of a mind-blower. And hey, I don't have to

worry about running out of soymilk when we take the kids to visit. A

small thing, but pretty cool nonetheless.

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> So judge if you must, but keep in mind that Whitewave is now

giving many people dairy alternatives where none previously existed.

I know this is a black-and-white issue to some, but for others, there

is a bigger picture involved.

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> Blessings,

> Maria

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