Weak Coffee: Starbucks Does Half the Job, Keeps it a Secret

If you were carefully reading the Orange County Register Money section this week, you may have noticed the following line in an article on organic milk:

Slightly more than half of the dairy purchased by Starbucks in the
United States is produced without the use of growth hormones, a company
official said this week.

You may then have fallen right out of your chair because, the last you heard, only 37 percent of Starbucks’ milk was hormone-free.

But, Food & Water Watch has gotten confirmation on this point , though Starbucks is keeping it hush-hush, 51 percent of their milk supply is now rBGH-free.  Conscientious  consumers in the DC metro area (including a few Food & Water Watch staffers who have been in serious Frappachino withdrawal since we started this campaign) and several other states can now buy artificial hormone-free coffee beverages as their local Starbucks.

Does this mean we spend the summer on our porches sipping iced caramel machiattos? Nope, we continue to ask Starbucks to commit to a timeline for converting to 100 percent rbgh-free dairy.

Now, if you live in one of these “parts of” states and want to know if your store is rbgh-free, we think you should call and ask (1-800-235-2883, Mon , Fri 5 AM , 6 PM PST). Then, tell us what they say.