Have you met Tilly?

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Have you met Tilly?

Toft Dairy’s original cow, Est. 1900 — named after co-founder Matilda Toft. Her legacy is every Tilly Approved product and every scoop of Tilly Tracks™.

In 1900, one cow started it all

When Chris and Matilda Toft were just opening their barn doors as a new dairy farm, there was a cow who provided dependable, delicious milk to their very first customers. This adorable cow was named Tilly — after Matilda Toft herself.

A cow statue still stands in front of Toft Dairy on Venice Road in Sandusky, honoring the first cow to ever produce Toft’s milk. Five generations later, she’s still the reason we do things the way we do — the original recipe for the delicious milk we all love now.

Tilly the cow statue at Toft Dairy on Venice Road in Sandusky
Tilly’s statue · Venice Rd, Sandusky, Ohio
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Tilly’s legacy today: “One Quality”

As Toft moves through its second century, Tilly has become the face of our “One Quality” philosophy — our commitment to working closely with all 13 local family farms so everything we produce remains free from the synthetic growth hormone rBST.

That promise is stamped on our packaging as “Tilly Approved,” in honor of the first cow to produce Toft’s milk.

  • rBST-free milk from partner family farms
  • Quality promise on the carton
  • 125+ years of the same dairy standard

Find her in Tilly Tracks™

You’ll also find Tilly as small, chocolate cow-shaped inclusions filled with peanut butter in our trademarked Tilly Tracks™ ice cream flavors — a scoop-by-scoop tribute to a cow who started something that’s still going 125+ years later.

Come find Tilly in every Tilly Tracks carton: Salty Caramel, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Vanilla.

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Tilly Tracks chocolate cows filled with peanut butter

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Look for Tilly’s statue energy and the Tilly Approved seal where you scoop.

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