Talking Rain capitalized on Perrierâs global recall in 1990, pitching its brand as a replacement in the price club Costco. That connection paid off again in 1993, when the retailer began selling the newly created Sparkling ICEâan imitation of Clearly Canadianâs lightly flavored sparkling waters.
By labeling milk free of the artificial hormone, the dairy industry can ride the popularity of natural foods, without the greater expense and special feeds required to produce milk that can be fully certified as âorganic.â.
Milk in general -- and the proteins, sugar, minerals, and non-IGF hormones it contains -- may somehow cause the human body to make more of its own IGF, Dr. Willett says. Sex Hormones and Early Puberty. IGF isn't the only hormone found in the food supply. Ranchers have been fattening up cattle with sex hormones -- most notably estrogen -- since the 1950s. Today most beef cows in the U.S. -- except those labeled organic -- receive an implant in their ear that delivers a hormone, usually a form of estrogen (estradiol) in some combination with five other hormones.