About Goat Milk & Goat Milk Cheese
You can order our Raw Goat Milk year-round, but please note that different seasons affect its availability. The Fall and Winter months see a decrease in production and limited availability of raw milk. It is shipped in quantities of four frozen half gallons per box via UPS. Milk cannot be ordered from the website shopping cart. Please contact us at info@splitcreek.com or 864-287-3921 for information on pricing and shipping. You may also purchase milk at our farm retail shop.
Goat Milk Qualities:
Naturally good tasting goat milk products are also good for you. For those with a sensitivity to cow milk, goat milk is an excellent alternative. Goat milk has a higher percentage of short and medium chain fatty acids than cow's milk and is lower in cholesterol and higher in calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins A and B.
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Most of the world's population drinks goat milk.
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Goat milk is more digestible because the fat molecules are a smaller size than those from cow milk - making it easily tolerated by those with compromised digestive systems.
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Goat milk has less cream separation because of smaller fat molecules.
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Goat milk contains the precursor to Vitamin A in the milk fat that allows it to be readily available for use by the body.
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Goat milk is closer to human milk and is more easily accepted especially by those young or frail.
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Goat milk does not form mucous (phlegm) and is better tolerated by asthmatics and those with allergies.
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Goat milk contains more chlorine, fluorine, and silicon than any other domestic livestock. Chlorine and fluorine are natural germicides and fluorine assists in preventing diabetes.
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Goat milk contains 2% curd, which precipitates in the stomach. Cow milk is 10%curd.
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Goat milk is tolerated by a compromised/damaged liver because of the smaller fat molecules.
Source: Natures Prescription Milk by Gloria Gilbere, N.D., D.A. Hom., PhD.
