Certified Organic, it must be otis.
Made using 100% organic New Zealand oats, I’m the stripped back clean label m!lk. Grown from minimal inputs and using three simple ingredients, I’m kind on the land and easy drinking. Great in smoothies, a bowl of cereal or on my own.
Meet Johnny
This is Johnny, the farm manager at Lilybank Station, at the edge of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.
Johnny is passionate about the environment he is the Kaitiaki/guardian for. With endangered river birds nesting all around including the Kaki [black stilt] and multiple native fish and invertebrate he knows it doesn’t take too much change within this environment to effect their lives. Â
  Johnny says, that Lilybank made the decision to farm organically six years ago, to look after and preserve the environment and supply people with healthier, chemical free food.
NZ’s first organic grown and made oat milk (again)Â
We first set out on our organic m!lk journey in 2018, with grand intentions of the Organic One being part of our core range. However, creating an organic oat milk made with New Zealand oats hadn't been done before. In this case rather than purchasing our oats from Harraways Mill in Dunedin, for this m!lk we worked with each farmer directly. From there we had to leave it to mother nature and let the rich, organic soil, sun and rain do the job!
Alongside this, we also had to completely redesign our oat mi!k process to meet international organic standards. However, in doing this it was important that we didn’t compromise on the Otis taste or lose our healthy beta-glucan fibre (we can happily say we didn’t on either).
Proudly launching in 2022, The Organic One was a fridge favourite New Zealand wide. But the good old Kiwi summer had other plans - sadly, our next round of crops failed due to unprecedented droughts in our growing regions.
Fast forward to March 2026, our latest crop of organic oats is now smooth creamy oat milk and our next crop is enjoying a lovely wet and hot growing season at Lilybank Station.
So while the journey wasn’t always straight forward and at times a fair few fingers & toes were crossed, we got there. And well, we’re bloody proud!
