Moore said a 30-day comment period, which ended Aug. 2, was established to determine whether or not the co-op should continue to sell Eden Foods’ products.

During the comment period, 165 of the co-op’s 31,107 active owners responded, making it one of the “largest dialogues our staff has had with owners in quite some time,” Moore said.

Of those who responded, 57 percent requested a storewide boycott of all Eden Foods products; 43 percent said to keep the products or remain neutral and instead allow sales to drive the decision; and 21 percent said they were already engaged in a personal product boycott.

Moore said some products will remain on the shelves, but products that were selling below co-op sales standards will replaced with other brands.

Eden Foods’ black beans will no longer be the brand featured on the "everyday sales price” promotion and alternative brand choices will be offered next to Eden Foods' products still sold at the co-op's two Madison locations.

Michigan-based Eden Foods is among more than 70 companies that had previously filed suit over the federal Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all forms of birth control be covered by employer-offered insurance plans.