Goat Milk in Human Nutrition and Health – A Review

In many countries, goat farming is the important part from the economy point of the view; especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East region. Goat farming is well organized in France, Italy, Spain and Greece (Park and Haenlein, 2006). Industrialization of the goat milk is not well successed because of its poor and insufficient volume. From 1990, interest in the goat milk production is increased i.e. 10 million MT (1990) to 15.2 million MT (2008). Though there is increase in the production of the goat milk, still there is lack of marketing of this milk (Mahmoud, 2010). Goat milk is one of a neutraceutical health drink. As goat milk is rich in mineral and vitamin content and has creamy texture, it is used as the replacer for number of the supplements which are people consume daily. Goat milk is quite better as compared to that of cow milk because of its easy digestibility. Composition of goat milk