A war between sheep's milk powder and milk powder substitutes

Recently
,
The State Administration of Food and Drug Administration in the second phase of this year's infant formula milk powder special supervision sampling
,
detected Shaanxi Feihe Guanshan Dairy Co., Ltd., Xi'an Feihe Guanshan Dairy Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi San Tang Qinlong Dairy Co., Ltd.
3
enterprises
7
batches of infant formula is not qualified. Sheep milk powder, milk powder,
,
between the two alternatives once again caused concern.
,
breastfeeding is the best
,
but in some cases
,
when mothers can't breastfeed all
,
infant formula is the second choice. We can often see
,
in various advertisements, say that goat milk powder is closer to breast milk
than milk powder,
is easier to digest and absorb
,
and not easy to make your baby allergic. Sheep milk powder
,
really have such a good
?Yang milk, milk into milk powder after the difference is not big scientific squirrel will be members of the dairy professional doctor "less screws" introduction
,
milk and goat's milk without adjustment of the composition of the
,
are very different from the milk composition
,
are not directly to the baby to eat.first
, the ratio of whey protein to casein in
mature breast milk is usually around
at
60:40
,
while the ratio of goat's milk to milk is about
22:78
and
18:82
, respectively. Although the proportion of whey protein in goat's milk is indeed slightly higher than that

milk, it is still a far from breast milk. Since the
60s
, when the difference in protein composition between milk and breast milk was recognized,
, the vast majority of infant formula in
has adjusted the ratio of whey protein to casein by adding whey protein.China's national standards for infant formula require whey protein in infant formula to be greater than or equal to
60%
. Therefore,
,
ratio of whey protein and casein in eligible infant formula is close to that of breast
,
will not make much difference.second
,
protein can meet the nutritional needs of infants
,
depends on whether its amino acid patterns are close to breast milk. The amino acid pattern of goat's milk protein is very similar to that of
,
is very different from breast milk. For example, compared to breast milk
,
the proportion of glycine, tryptophan and cysteine is very low
,
and methionine proportion is very high. Thus, for both
,
need to adjust the whey protein and casein ratio or add additional amino acids to bring them close to the amino acid pattern of breast milk. At this point,
milk
is no better than milk powder.this
,
whether sheep's milk or milk
,
in the process of making baby milk powder
,
are trying to imitate the ingredients of breast milk. Even though some nutrients are more important in goat's milk than in
,
has been unified in the process of breast emulsification. Therefore
,
the biggest difference between sheep milk powder and milk powder
,
is actually only one of the protein sources are different.Sheep milk powder is not necessarily easier to absorb than milk powderin the advertisement for goat's milk infant formula
,
also often mentioned that goat's milk fat ball is
smaller than milk,
and unsaturated fatty acid content is
,
is therefore more likely to be digested and absorbed by the baby. In
fact,
whether it is sheep milk powder or milk powder
,
is using skimmed milk
,
milk powder fat content is from a more reasonable ratio of vegetable oil. Therefore
,
size of fat particles in goat's milk has nothing to do with the digestion and absorption of infant formula from goat's milk.it is worth mentioning that
,
has always been more strict on food management of the European Union
,
currently does not approve goat's milk as a source of protein infant formula. Although the data submitted by the sheep milk powder company that submitted the application show that there was no significant difference in the growth of
,
in the three groups of infants breastfed with goat's milk powder, milk powder and breastfed
,
but the European Food Safety Authority believes that
,
's current clinical trial data because the sample size is too small
,
is not sufficient to prove that amniocenteskin is suitable for use as a source of protein for infant formula.of
,
need to point out that
,
does not mean that the quality of sheep milk powder is not good. After all, in many other countries and regions sheep milk powder is in line with local food safety regulations.the allergy rate of sheep milk powder is not necessarily low as for the amniotic milk powder is not easy to cause protein allergy in infants
,
scientific community is not yet conclusive about this. Although some studies have observed that some people who are allergic to milk are not allergic to sheep's milk protein
,
but there have also been studies that have found cross-allergies between milk protein and goat's milk protein
(
because some proteins in milk and goat's milk have similar structures
, and
people who are allergic to milk protein may also be allergic to goat's milk protein
,
and vice versa
)
.a further
,
's European Food Safety Authority's assessment of goat's milk protein as a source of protein for infant formula also found that
,
currently does not have enough evidence to prove that goat's milk powder is less prone to allergic reactions than milk powder. Safely
,
for infants who are allergic to milk protein
,
instead of risking sheep's milk powder instead of milk powder
,
should switch to a special hydrolysed protein formula or soy protein-based infant formula.(
Of course, member of the Scientific Squirrel Society, Ph.D. in Dairy,
)