Does anyone know why goat milk formula is not suggested in Canada?
Question by aaaaaaaaa: Does anyone know why goat milk formula is not suggested in Canada?
In canada the health whatever site says cows milk formula is best, then soy. I think goat should be in there, it is not available in stores either. I do not know why? We are as a species closer to goats than cows, so what is so bad about it?
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Nobody makes a commercial goat’s milk based formula, and home-made formulas, whatever type of milk they are based on, are neither healthy nor nutritionally complete nor recommended.
(But no, we are no closer to goats than to cows. Where did you get that idea?)
Pippin
December 7, 2011 at 4:38 pm
I was unable to nurse, and did a lot of research on this subject because I wanted my babies to have goat milk. Apparently because goats produce so much less milk than cows, it is not as profitable to make goat milk formula. It isn’t really even considered…although we know better. There are plenty of websites that give goat milk formula recipes, bearing you can find fresh local goat milk. I just stuck with organic cows milk formula with my daughter, but did try goat milk (fresh, not made into a formula) for my son because of his bad acid reflux. It was very expensive because I drove a long ways to get fresh milk. It didn’t help any with his reflux, so I went back to the organic formula. It was cheaper, easier to buy, and his spew didn’t smell like rancid feta cheese.
Deans
December 7, 2011 at 5:24 pm
i looked stuff up on goats milk also and it does not have the nutrients a baby needs!
Heaths Mommy
December 7, 2011 at 5:51 pm
I think it’s more so because there’s not a market for goats milk formula. I do see goats milk in stores from time to time, even big chains do stock it in small groups, but not formula.
Some soy formula’s can be lacking a little and should only be used if there is a medical reason in most dr opinions. I do agree there should be equal consideration because if adults can drink goats milk, and think of how many people in Europe that use it instead of cows milk, it should be an option. I;m betting it would only be sold in speciality stores and would cost much more than standard formula just because production would be much smaller scale.
Janine B
December 7, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Because there is no profit for the big companies!! That’s all it comes down to in all honesty. And i think it also has to do with the fact that goats aren’t used as highly as cows, so the goat industry isn’t controlled to the height of the cow industry. Thus, unless you know your personal farm’s practices and trust them, it isn’t suggested to use the milk from the goat. However, there are commercial goat milk products, just not very common, but you have to add your own vitamins and what not to produce a quality formula semi- equivalent to breast milk (the same way cow’s and soy milk tries to be equal).
Dr. Sears has a piece on it. At the bottom is a link to goat’s milk formula recipes.
Sunshine Swirl
December 7, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Sunshine Swirl is exactly correct. The dairy industry lobbied hard to discredit any evidence that goat milk is healthful or therapeutic.
We ARE closer to goats than we are to cows. While they are both ruminants, the casein and protein in goat milk is shaped differently than that of cow’s milk, making it easier to digest.
Raw goat milk is absolutely illegal in Canada. Short of buying a goat, you’re pretty much out of luck. Unfortunately, we’re stuck with the pasteurized stuff, but it’s a damn sight better than cow’s milk formula, and a MILLION times better than soy!
I would check out the Dr. Sears website, and also: http://oreganicthrifty.blogspot.com/2009/05/goat-milk-formula-recipe.html
The recipe calls for raw, organic goat milk, but using the pasteurized stuff will do in a pinch, since that is all you’d be able to get.
If you are located out in western Canada, Fairwinds Farms, from Ft. McLeod, Alberta, has a bunch of goat milk products, including goat milk yogurt and cheese. Their products are found in natural grocers, like Planet Organic.
My son has severe food allergies, and at 17 months, we have him on goat dairy exclusively. He’s doing very well.
AnnaBelle
December 7, 2011 at 7:33 pm