Horizon Organic Milk with DHA or without DHA, which do you use?

Mishelle62

Horizon Organic Milk with DHA or without DHA, which do you use? I've used both and was recently told that the added DHA may not be the best for my 13 month old, what do you think?  I havent asked the pedi yet but plan to this week.

Mishelle62

Something about the DHA being synthetic(google it and you will see random things) in the Horizon brand and possibly consuing too much DHA?  These were comments from people that are not doctors or researchers but it put the thought in my head, guess i will call the pedi this week.

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We drink Trader Joes Organic but just wanted to throw this out there for you in case it helps. 

I just read an article the other day that was talking all about all of these companies that are now adding DHA to products.  The article said that it is way better to provide a natural source of DHA (fish) than consume foods with it added.  The example of fish had 500-1000mg of DHA and the milk, ice cream, etc. that were fortified with it only had like 20 or 30 mg.  They were basically saying that these companies were kind of being shady letting people thing that their food product was a good source of DHA when it wasn't.

Sorry, I don't have a link for you.  Hopefully, a google search could bring you to it or something similar.

TiggerLuv80

I use the one with the DHA. DS loves it!

Mishelle62

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

  Why not?  Anything we should know or research about the brand?

shibby00

I don't use horizon, I use another organic milk with added DHA.

faith194

Mishelle62:

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

  Why not?  Anything we should know or research about the brand?

Just click on the link!

Brewtowngrl

All I know about horizon is that they had it at a bounce house we went to and i got it for DS1 and it expired in Aug of 2012.  Something is not right with Milk that lasts a year. 

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Brewtowngrl:

All I know about horizon is that they had it at a bounce house we went to and i got it for DS1 and it expired in Aug of 2012.  Something is not right with Milk that lasts a year. 

Wait, was it UHT milk (ultra high temperature)?  That isn't a brand thing that is a pasteurization thing.  Milk can be pasteurized or UHT pasteurized.  Milk that come in those juice box looking containers are UHT milk so it lasts a really long time until it's opened.  From my understanding it doesn't change anything about the milk except that it kills all bacteria so it can last so long in those containers.  It always seems gross to me but it really is just regular ol' milk in there.

 

 

Kingston54

Also give the one WITH DHA more often than not.  If they don't have the one with DHA, we just buy the regular.

eitaknna9

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

Wow, that's crazy. I never buy that brand, and now I'm glad.

However, I wonder if any of the off brand organic milk (Target's Archer Farm brand, for example) are actually from Horizon because I've seen that Target does have an organic, DHA-added milk.

sosoph

eitaknna9:

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

Wow, that's crazy. I never buy that brand, and now I'm glad.

However, I wonder if any of the off brand organic milk (Target's Archer Farm brand, for example) are actually from Horizon because I've seen that Target does have an organic, DHA-added milk.

Trader Joes is Horizon

kerribear1717

I've bought both with and without DHA depending on what they had on the shelf.  I do buy Horizon for use at home.  I don't know what the Cornucopia Institute is (the ones who have the link provided) but maybe I'll do some more research.  DS drink non-organic *gasp* all day at day care.

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sosoph:

eitaknna9:

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

Wow, that's crazy. I never buy that brand, and now I'm glad.

However, I wonder if any of the off brand organic milk (Target's Archer Farm brand, for example) are actually from Horizon because I've seen that Target does have an organic, DHA-added milk.

Trader Joes is Horizon

Thanks for letting me know!

Sugarnear

cmeon_the_water:

We won't use Horizon (Dean Foods) products, no matter what they claim on the label.

Agree. Supposedly (and of course, I can't find the article I read, but I believe it was originally linked from TB), Horizon products are pretty shady.