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Lifeway Foods Switches to 100% Certified Hormone Free Milk

Thursday, June 12, 2008 General News
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MORTON GROVE, Ill., June 11 Lifeway Foods, Inc.,(Nasdaq: LWAY), makers of the nutritious, probiotic dairy beverage calledkefir, announced today that they are now using milk that comes from cows nottreated with hormones. This 100% certified hormone free milk comes with aFarmers Pledge, which Lifeway will market on the labels of its products. Thischange came as a response to a growing demand for hormone and antibiotic milkby customers.
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Julie Smolyansky, CEO said "We are pleased to now offer milk that iscertified 100% hormone free to our growing customer base that has recentlyvoiced demand for this type milk. Previously the milk we offered was hormoneand antibiotic free, however, we now have a Farmer's Pledge that certifies themilk is hormone free. We think this added benefit will continue to help usreach a wider group of health conscious consumers."
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About Lifeway Foods

Lifeway, recently named Fortune Small Business' 97th Fastest Growing SmallBusiness, and one of only 4 companies to ever be named to the list fourstraight years in a row, is America's leading supplier of the cultured dairyproduct known as kefir, and now America's largest supplier of Organic Kefir.Lifeway Kefir is a dairy beverage that contains Lifeway's exclusive 10 Liveand Active probiotic cultures. While most regular yogurt only contains two orthree of these "friendly" cultures, Lifeway kefir products offer morenutritional benefits. Lifeway offers 12 different flavors of its Kefirbeverage, Organic Kefir and Soy Treat (a soy based kefir). Lifeway recentlyintroduced a series of innovative new products such as pomegranate kefir,Greek-style kefir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs(TM) in a patented no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange CreamyCrawler and Sublime Slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir.Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities,called La Fruta, Drinkable Yogurt (yogurt drinks distinct from kefir). Inaddition to its line of Kefir products, the company produces a variety ofcheese products and recently introduced a line of organic pudding called It'sPudding!.

Live conference calls will now be on an annual basis to discuss fiscalfull year results. For more information, contact Lifeway Foods, Inc.at (847) 967-1010 or e-mail at [email protected] and visithttp://www.lifeway.net .

This news release contains forward-looking statements. Investors arecautioned that actual results may differ materially from such forward-lookingstatements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertaintiesincluding, but not limited to, competitive pressures and other importantfactors detailed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities andExchange Commission.

SOURCE Lifeway Foods, Inc.
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