Where can I buy A2 cow milk?

Where can you buy A2 milk?

The a2 Milk brand’s US site points shoppers to a store finder at a2milk.com/find and to an online ordering link. Reports from 2018 listed more than 6,000 US outlets, including Costco, Walmart, Wegmans, Stop and Shop, Giant, Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, Safeway, Target, Publix and ShopRite. Store lists change, so treat that as history, not a promise, and use the finder for your ZIP code.

Is A2 milk sold in the UK or Canada?

The a2 Milk site links to a separate Canadian site, a2milk.ca. For the UK we could not confirm current stockists on the brand’s US site, so check the company’s UK pages and your supermarket’s website before assuming it is on the shelf.

What other places sell A2 milk?

• Local dairies and farms: some milk only from herds that produce the A2 type of beta-casein protein; ask whether they test their cows.
• Health food stores and co-ops: often stock specialty dairy.
• Online grocery delivery: search for A2 or a2 Milk with your postcode.

What is A2 milk?

It is cow’s milk from cows that produce only the A2 form of the milk protein. According to the brand, all cows once produced only A2, and most milk today contains both A1 and A2. The brand markets it as easier on digestion, and a February 2018 study cited by FoodNavigator found fewer short-term digestive symptoms in people who report lactose intolerance after A2-only milk. That is not proof for everyone.

Who should not drink it?

The brand states that a2 Milk is not suitable for anyone medically diagnosed with lactose intolerance, galactosaemia or cow’s milk allergy. It still contains lactose unless you pick its lactose-free product. If milk upsets you, talk to a doctor or dietitian.

What to check on the label

• The words A2 or a2 on the carton, and whether it is a certified brand or a farm claim.
• Fat level (whole, 2 percent, skim) and any lactose-free label.
• Use-by date; it is fresh milk and spoils like any other.