Milk Substitutes
In the event that breast feeding is not possible, there are other milk and
milk substitutes used in formulas. These are Goat’s milk and Carabao’s milk.
Goat’s milk is good as an additional source of protein in the diet of children.
They are available in evaporated and powdered form and may be used for infant who are allergic to cow’s milk.
In comparison with cow’s milk, goat’s milk has less sodium, more potassium, phosphorus, chloride, magnesium and more linoleic and arachidonic acids. Its fat content is more digestible. It also has low vitamin D content.
Infant’s fed purely on goat’s milk are more likely to
develop megaloblastic anemia because it has low iron and folic acid content.
How about Carabao’s milk? This milk formula resembles cow’s milk in composition
but it has a very high bacterial content according to a study by J. Quintos.
Moreover, carabao’s milk has a higher fat content , the protein content almost double than the cow’s milk whereas the sugar and the ash content are almost about the same.
Native Carabao’s milk has 77.6 percent water and 22.34 percent total solids while
Cow’s milk has 87.17 percent water and 12.83 percent total solids.