The Vitamin Content of Commercial Winter Goat's Milk

Abstract

IT HAS been estimated that the retail value of goat's milk produced in this country exceeds $100,000,000 annually. A large portion of fluid goat's milk is used for infants, for invalids and for consumption in the home of the producer.Various claims have been made for the superiority of goat's milk over cow's milk. Besley¹ states that of the two, goat's milk has larger amounts of albumin and nonprotein nitrogen, greater quantities of vitamin B_1, a softer curd and smaller fat globules. Richards² reports "the fact that goat's milk is alkaline in its reaction while cow's milk is acid, . . .