Image grass-fed milk
Take home message What is the deal with grass-fed milk? There are two aspects: the image of the sector and the health aspects for the cow (being outside, building vitamin D, grazing fresh grass) and for the consumer health due …
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Grass based milk and Vitamin D3
Take home message Milk markers of grass-based systems, grazing and grass intake in cows are CLAc9t11 concentration, a low ratio of n6/n3 (around 1), a high vitamin D3 and phytanic acid concentration in milk fat and a low ratio of …
Fatty acids in all shapes and sizes
Milk fat consists mainly of triglycerides. Triglycerides consist of three (tri) fatty acids that are chained to a carbon structure made of glycerine. Fatty acids, abbreviated FA, themselves also largely consist of a carbon chain with 4 to 24 carbon …
Choose for milk from pastured cows
In addition to raw milk, the milk composition affects our health. There are benefits of certain fatty acid groups in the reduction of asthma and allergies. These fatty acids are particularly common in milk produced in cows grazing in lush, …
