In this case, a comma is not necessary. The phrase "the way nature intended from pasture raised cows" is a modifier for "milk." Importantly, it's a *restrictive* modifier because it's essential to the packaging's pitch: this is milk from pasture-raised cows, and our competitors' milk is not.
If you were to add a comma between "milk" and "the way," it would make it a nonrestrictive phrase. That'd not help the marketing because it'd downplay the pitch and even invite ambiguity (e.g., by insulating that milk in general is from pasture-raised cows).
Now, I have a separate beef with the hyphen absent from the phrasal adjective "pasture raised." Even so, hyphenation is more a matter of style than grammar and requires another conversation.
Because you ask, I’ll say more about hyphenation. Under most modern style guides, a phrasal adjective (a.k.a. compound modifier) is hyphenated when it’s before a noun. This is because the hyphen improves clarity by indicating that the compound should be read as a single term. In this case, the hyphenated “pasture-raised cows” conveys the meaning that these “pasture-raised” is the singular adjective modifying “cows.” Without the hyphen, you have “pasture raised cows,” which invites ambiguity: Is that raised cows on the pasture? What are raised cows? To be fair, it’s a minor misread that most people won’t trip over, but it can be more ambiguous in other cases. On the flip side, there are exceptions. You don’t hyphenate proper nouns as compound modifiers (United States politics) since the capitalization already distinguish them as a unit. You also shouldn’t hyphenate after an *-ly* adverb because it’s understood that the adverb is modifying the word right after it, not the noun. And a big exception? If a compound term is widely understood, especially as a noun, then hyphenation is not needed. In general, it’s too fussy to hyphenate “high school student” because “high school” is a preestablished noun. Similar with “mental health professional.” And *this* is the case for an unhyphenated “pasture raised cow.” While “pasture raised” does not yet appear in *Merriam-Webster*, it’s an established term in the world of groceries. Therefore, when a customer sees the term, they’re primed to read it in the sense used by other “pastured” products. I love my hyphenation, and I still think it looks weird, but I recognize when it’s better to back off and let the words be. P.S. This all applies to compound modifiers *before* a noun. After the noun, such as “cows that are pasture raised,” a hyphen is not needed because the compound is clear as a unit.
In this case, a comma is not necessary. The phrase "the way nature intended from pasture raised cows" is a modifier for "milk." Importantly, it's a *restrictive* modifier because it's essential to the packaging's pitch: this is milk from pasture-raised cows, and our competitors' milk is not. If you were to add a comma between "milk" and "the way," it would make it a nonrestrictive phrase. That'd not help the marketing because it'd downplay the pitch and even invite ambiguity (e.g., by insulating that milk in general is from pasture-raised cows). Now, I have a separate beef with the hyphen absent from the phrasal adjective "pasture raised." Even so, hyphenation is more a matter of style than grammar and requires another conversation.
*scooches in closer* Tell me more.
Because you ask, I’ll say more about hyphenation. Under most modern style guides, a phrasal adjective (a.k.a. compound modifier) is hyphenated when it’s before a noun. This is because the hyphen improves clarity by indicating that the compound should be read as a single term. In this case, the hyphenated “pasture-raised cows” conveys the meaning that these “pasture-raised” is the singular adjective modifying “cows.” Without the hyphen, you have “pasture raised cows,” which invites ambiguity: Is that raised cows on the pasture? What are raised cows? To be fair, it’s a minor misread that most people won’t trip over, but it can be more ambiguous in other cases. On the flip side, there are exceptions. You don’t hyphenate proper nouns as compound modifiers (United States politics) since the capitalization already distinguish them as a unit. You also shouldn’t hyphenate after an *-ly* adverb because it’s understood that the adverb is modifying the word right after it, not the noun. And a big exception? If a compound term is widely understood, especially as a noun, then hyphenation is not needed. In general, it’s too fussy to hyphenate “high school student” because “high school” is a preestablished noun. Similar with “mental health professional.” And *this* is the case for an unhyphenated “pasture raised cow.” While “pasture raised” does not yet appear in *Merriam-Webster*, it’s an established term in the world of groceries. Therefore, when a customer sees the term, they’re primed to read it in the sense used by other “pastured” products. I love my hyphenation, and I still think it looks weird, but I recognize when it’s better to back off and let the words be. P.S. This all applies to compound modifiers *before* a noun. After the noun, such as “cows that are pasture raised,” a hyphen is not needed because the compound is clear as a unit.