diff --git a/packages/utils/src/tableUtils/index.js b/packages/utils/src/tableUtils/index.js
index 9d58c1d..62609bd 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/tableUtils/index.js
+++ b/packages/utils/src/tableUtils/index.js
@@ -29,32 +29,13 @@ export const rowsFromArray = (array, fields, skipEmptyRows) => {
 // TODO: ALL THE DOCS
 // TODO: SOME TESTS
 // Empty values and keys are treated the same
-export const rowsFromObject = (object, fields, skipEmptyValues, defaultTransform) => {
+export const rowsFromObject = (object, fields, skipEmptyValues, defaultTransform = value => value) => {
   return fields.reduce(
-    (table, { key, heading, names, transform }) => {
-      let result;
-
+    (table, { key, heading, names, transform = defaultTransform}) => {
       // If there is a name attribute in the fields object use it, otherwise fallback to the key
       const nameAttribute = names ? names : key;
-  
-      // Do we have a specific transform to run?
-      if (transform) {
-        result = transform(object[key], object);
-      // if not, do we have a default transform to run?
-      } else if (defaultTransform) {
-        result = defaultTransform(object[key], object);
-      } else {
-        result = object[key];
-      }
-
-      // Is the value undefined?
-      // This can happen if there;
-        // is no property in the object for provided key AND
-        // there is no value for a found property in the object
-      if (result === undefined) {
-        // If it is, normalise it to an empty string so we can decide if we want skip rendering or not
-        result = '';
-      }
+      // Run any passed transforms and normalise undefined values to an empty string
+      const result = transform(object[key], object) || '';
 
       // Empty values are empty strings (normalised above)
       // We never render null