In addition to cow's milk, consumed milk of sheep, goats, mares, buffaloes, camels, deer, female mule, yak, zebu, asses. Milk of these animals differs from cow's chemical composition. Sheep milk in cow's 1.5 times more nutritious and contains 2-3 times more vitamin A, B1, B2. Is widely used to make sour milk, yoghurt, cheese, butter and other products.
It is used for food purposes in the Crimea, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the northern Caucasus. Many residents use sheep's milk in Italy, Greece, the Middle East.
In the fat sheep's milk contains a lot of caprylic and capric fatty acids, which give the milk an odor, which limits its consumption in the integral form. From it is prepared excellent cheeses - vats, Ossetic, Tushino.
Goat's milk is consumed in a large number of residents of the Caucasus and Central Asia. The chemical composition, it is not inferior to a cow, and on the biological value even higher than his, as in goat's milk contains more fine-proteins, and formed more than phasing out its delicate flakes. It has more salts of cobalt, a component of vitamin B12, vitamin A and D necessary growing organism. In some nations there is a bias, that if using goat's milk in children develops anemia - this is totally unreasonable.
Mare's milk - white with a bluish tint, sweet and slightly tart taste. In it 2 times less fat than cow. However, the high content of lactose, albumin, globulin, vitamin C (6 times higher than in cow!), Fine fat globules attached to him after the fermentation of mare's milk in a special therapeutic nutritional value. As the ratio of protein fractions and lactose content of mare's milk is close to the female, so it is very useful in feeding infants.
Milk buffaloes abroad are mainly used in India, Indonesia and Egypt. People have long been abused in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, in the Kuban.
This is a white viscous liquid pleasant taste and no smell. Biological and food value it very high. It more than in cow's milk contains fat, protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A, C and Group B.
Buffalo milk used in the integral form, as well as coffee, cocoa. From this premium quality dairy products.
Camel's milk is different flavor. It has a lot of fat, salts, phosphorus, calcium. In arid and semiarid areas of population uses camel milk fresh, and prepare from it a nutritious milk product bubat soft and other drinks. The consistency of his is thicker than cow.
Female yak milk is used in food in the Caucasus, Altai and Pamir, in the Carpathians. It contains more than cow milk, fat, protein and sugar.
Reindeer milk consumed by northern peoples, is the most caloric. It is 4 times calories cow, contains 3 times more protein and 5 times more fat. Using whole reindeer milk to drink is recommended to dilute it with water, because it has such a high fat content of the stomach is not everyone is able to digest.
Milk zebu females in their composition is close to the cow, but contains slightly more fat, protein and minerals and a little less lactose. It is used by the peoples of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Armenia.
Milk is useful to all: the healthy and sick adults and children. However, infants given cow's milk instead of the mother is not recommended, since breast milk differs from cow on the content of protein and fat. In addition, the composition of breast milk containing substances that improve the immunity to some diseases. If necessary, cow's milk diluted in a certain proportion.
