At Cornucopia, we like to say that we go deep so you don’t have to. This is particularly true with organic dairy, a complex marketplace impacted by changes in organic regulations and shifts in dairy production practices.
We’ve studied both to bring you our 2026 Organic Dairy Scorecard refresh.
Our advice: Do the best you can with your budget and what’s available to you. Any brand listed on our scorecard provides meaningful benefits over conventional (non-organic). Purchasing organic is a vote for a food system that doesn’t rely on toxic chemicals. Top-rated brands on our scorecard go above and beyond the organic standards. Purchasing authentic organic is an investment in healthy systems and a rejection of the industrialization of organic dairy.
Get Started
FAQ: What Organic Eaters Need to Know About Dairy (Coming soon, send us your questions)
Use the Dairy Scorecard to Shop Your Values
Go Deeper into Scoring Criteria
The Organic Label
Video: Why Does the Best Organic Dairy Cost More? (Coming soon)
Why Any Organic Brand is Better Than Conventional (Coming soon)
What About Store Brands?
What Are Store Brands and Why Do They Matter
10 Things Your Store Brand Won’t Tell You (Coming soon)
Take Action
Related Resources
In our Guide to Avoiding Carrageenan in Organic Food, we share contact information for companies that still use carrageenan. We encourage you to use your voice. Urge these companies to reformulate their products to remove carrageenan, then drop us a line to let us know which brand you contacted and whether they responded.
Your advocacy really does work! Since Cornucopia’s initial report was published in 2013, several companies, including Stonyfield Farm, Julie’s Ice Cream, Eden Foods, Orgain, So Delicious, and Annie’s, have removed carrageenan from their product lines. Clover Sonoma and Horizon have committed to removing it from their products and have reformulated many already.
History of Cornucopia’s Organic Dairy Scorecard
The Cornucopia Institute published its first comprehensive report on the organic dairy industry in 2008. Explore our previous work below:
Organic Dairy Crisis, Explained (2019)
Full Report (2018)
Executive Summary (2018)
We invite you to join with the hundreds of family farmers and their consumer allies who support the work of The Cornucopia Institute.
