Just to clarify, I don’t think the suggestion was that Turtle Mountain was owned by Lochmead, more so that their products were once produced at Lochmead’s facility.

Ordinarily I am happy with the majority of my purchases, even if some of them involve larger companies who produce other products I do not approve. In fact, simply buying my food in any grocery store available to me in eastern Canada means my money is supporting a company that also profits from dairy and meat on a regular basis. However, this recent admission of Coconut Bliss has led to me wondering if I should be more stringent with my money. Since access to your products is so easy in Atlantic Canada, I thought Larry’s statement regarding the connection to Turtle Mountain and Lochmead was interesting.

If you had no connection with them in the past, I am sorry for presenting his statement without checking further. Also, if the confusion is that I suggested Turtle Mountain was in some way owned by Lochmead, I apologize again. My intent was merely to suggest that plenty of companies have ties to companies that vegans may not support, but perhaps our support of the vegan part is a positive thing instead of choosing not to support them at all.

I hope this clears things up at least a little bit.

thanks for commenting,
Ryan

I would just like to take this opportunity to clarify that Turtle Mountain is and has always been an independent, privately-held natural foods company with no outside ownership or ties to any larger parent company. We hope that you’ll continue to enjoy our frozen desserts with full confidence that none of your purchasing dollars are ending up in the pockets of any parent company with ties to the dairy industry or any other.