Compositional and therapeutic signatures of goat milk: A review

Abstract

With the paradigm hike in the demand for health-promoting foods, the goat's milk has been reevaluated for its potential human health impact. Goats are one of the major contributors to milk and meat products in India. Albeit major nutritional composition of goat milk resembles cow milk, the goat milk has its unique chemical, nutritional, and therapeutic characteristics. The uniqueness of goat milk lies with the presence of typical short and medium-chain fatty acids, fat globules of smaller size, and softer curd formation that enhance its digestibility with relative lipid metabolism. Caprin milk is a mixture of several bio-augmented compounds that are found to have prophylactic and therapeutic actions against an array of lifestyle diseases, and hence it is considered as a nutritionally sound therapeutic candidate.