Brown Cow is an American brand of

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produced in Londonderry,

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. The company offers a range of "cream top" yogurt—when the milk used to make yogurt has not been homogenized, a layer of cream rises to the top, forming a rich yogurt cream. Brown Cow yogurt claims to use Non-

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project verified ingredients, with no artificial ingredients or preservatives, and uses only whole milk from cows who have not been treated with artificial growth hormones.

History

Brown Cow was founded in 1975, on a small family farm in

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. "Lily" was the name of the original brown cow from whom the company took its name. In 1989, Brown Cow moved to California. Later, in 2003,

Stonyfield Farm Stonyfield Farm, Inc., also simply called Stonyfield, is an organic yogurt maker and dairy company located in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States. Stonyfield Farm was founded by Samuel Kaymen in 1983, on a 19th-century farmstead in Wilton, ...

, which was largely owned by

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, acquired Brown Cow. In 2014 Brown Cow (Danone) closed its plant in Antioch California and moved operations to Fort Worth Texas. Today, Brown Cow yogurt production moved to

Londonderry, New Hampshire Londonderry is a town in western Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It sits between Manchester and Derry, the largest and fourth-largest communities in the state. The population was 25,826 at the 2020 census. Londonderry is known f ...

, where Stonyfield Farm, Inc. has its headquarters.

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