Our Story
Our story began with 2 cows Bella & Donna & supplying milk to family & friends. As we grew, we started supplying larger processors but with droughts & increasing costs it was not viable to run a small dairy.
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Our story has, what some might say, coincidences, but at the time we were facing the hard decision to close the dairy, we were also dealing with illness in our family. Worried about the long-term effect of drugs, we changed our diet, excluding processed food as much as possible. (We still sneak in some Nutella or cheesecake). We created a range of natural dairy products that did not contain, added sugar, artificial colorants or flavorings & no permeates (gluten, fillers, thickeners)
Keeping it natural & sourcing the best ingredients to compliment the milk, the Jersey Cow Co brand started. Over the years we have been privileged to meet so many families & be part of their journey. We loved their feedback on how our dairy has helped them, gives us the energy and the reason to continue to BELIEVE IN A BETTER dairy for families.
Our Herd
We are very passionate about our beautiful Jersey cows as well as the farm we steward & the incredible family of people who help us make Jersey Cow co.
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Our Jersey cows enjoy long, healthy lives on our farm in the Karkloof valley in the KZN midlands. They are in grass pastures where they load up on natural goodness from the grass, sun & rain. Our holder girls wander around the farm enjoying retirement & bull calves are grown up & sold on for breeding.
Our Jersey cows have numerous awards, including KZN Top dairy & dairy super cow. We do not believe in use of rBST or barn feeding. We believe that pasture fed cows provide healthier dairy & happy cows..
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We are best known for bringing back Natural CREAM TOP milk, which naturally reduces dairy intolerance. And for introducing Jersey milk to families. Our milk is preferred by SA' top barista's for tis taste & texture. We prefer to offer fresh dairy that does need to be kept cold & that does not have the highly processed 'extended shelf life’, as we believe this provides your family with a healthier dairy choice.​​Our milk is from local, Single Sourced, fresh milk. Natural fresh milk is a super food and we pasterise our milk at the lowest temperature prescribed to prevent damaging milk’s GOODNESS with heat.
Believe in Better
Jersey milk is preferred the world over & provides a healthier choice
​It may help boost your family’s immunity & health, with higher concentration of over 70 essential nutrients including,​ ​a higher quality protein for sustained energy,
Omega-3 – essential for children’s brain & eye development & a powerful amino acid, Cysteine, which is the building block for every cell in our body & assists as an antioxidant.
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Jersey milk contains A2 Casein, research shows this to be less intolerant & allows families that battle with dairy, to love dairy again
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New research shows that milk contains healthy fats, like Omega-3 & CLA, which were previously described as bad fats. Milks fats actually help prevent T2 diabetes, heart disease, lower blood pressure, cholesterol & ADHD. It’s good fats, like CLA, found as an ingredient in most dietary products, hekp you maintain healthy weight.
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Jersey milk is naturally sweeter & creamier, helping you to reduce sugar in your diet.
We believe in providing the healthiest, highest quality, fresh dairy for your family. This may mean you may have to take a bit more care of it but we hope you will agree it’s worth it.
Our commitment to sustainability
Concerned with the carbon footprint of making glass, the risk of injury, the chemicals needed in cleaning of glass & the cost of glass making it unaffordable for most, we looked at other packaging options.
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Plastic has come a far away from where it 1st began. Our bottles are produced from 70% recycled material & are a 100% recyclable after use. The recycling of plastic now generates income for thousands of people & makes a safe, cost effective packaging.
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The plastic we use is more expensive than other options, as this is the most highly sort after type for recycling. Other types of coloured plastic (blue) or cardboard / plant based packaging has limited recycling ability.
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We started a recycling initiative with Hillcrest Kwikspar, where customers return their packaging to the store & Hillcrest Kwikspar recycles it. We, as consumers, are the link to recycling & generating work for others.
We provide caps to an initiative that gets funding for wheelchairs in lieu of caps recycled.
We do not supply products in the small 6 pack containers as these are not recyclable.
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Our dairy produces zero waste. Any plastic generated is provided to the Howick recycling centre.