Is buffalo milk milk with water?

Recently, buffalo milk has become more and more popular, and many people are curious about what exactly is buffalo milk? Is it milk mixed with water? What is the difference between it and ordinary milk?

01

What is buffalo milk?

/ Buffalo milk /

Buffalo milk is the milk
of a buffalo.
Buffalo are mainly grown in the south of the Yangtze River (mainly in Guangxi), and they are very picky about the growing environment and scarce in quantity, so the yield of buffalo milk is far inferior to that of milk, and the nutritional content of the two is also different
.

02

What's so special about buffalo milk?

/ What is the nutritional content? /

According to research, the main nutrients such as milk fat, milk protein, minerals, vitamins, and lactose of buffalo milk are higher than that of milk
.
With higher fat, protein and lactose, buffalo milk has a richer, smoother and
sweeter taste.

Buffalo milk has a higher protein content than cow's milk

In the national standard GB19645-2010 "National Food Safety Standard Pasteurized Milk", the protein content of pasteurized milk is required to reach more than 2.
9%, and the protein content of some high-quality milk on the market is generally 3.
2%, and some can even reach 3.
6%.

In the industry specification RHB702-2012 "pasteurized buffalo milk, sterilized buffalo milk and modulated buffalo milk" issued by the China Dairy Industry Association, the protein content requirement for buffalo milk is more than 3.
8%, and the protein content of some commercially available buffalo milk even exceeds 4%.

Buffalo milk has a higher fat content than cow's milk

In the national standard GB19645-2010 "National Standard for Food Safety Pasteurized Milk", the protein content of whole milk is required to be more than 3.
1g/100g, while RHB702-2012 "Pasteurized Buffalo Milk, Sterilized Buffalo Milk and Modulated Buffalo Milk" has fat requirements of 5.
5g/100g or more
for full-fat buffalo milk.
Therefore, it is more recommended to use full-fat buffalo milk when homemade ginger bumped milk and double-skin milk
.

However, careful consumers will find that most commercially available buffalo milk has a fat content of about 4.
0%, which is no obvious difference
from cow's milk.
From a nutritional point of view, it is not recommended that consumers eat high-fat foods every day, so most of the buffalo milk on the market is actually "partially skimmed", and the fat content of skimmed buffalo milk is almost the same as that of milk
.
In the process of skimming, buffalo milk will also lose part of its fat-soluble vitamins, which is why some people think that the nutritional difference between defatted buffalo milk and cow's milk is not much
.

03

Buy buffalo milk

/ Precautions /

1.
Due to the limited production of buffalo milk, its price remains high
.
The high price has spawned some counterfeiting behaviors of unscrupulous merchants: mixing water with buffalo milk really becomes "water-milk"; Or mix with ordinary milk, or even directly use ordinary milk to pass off as buffalo milk
.
Consumers should carefully read the product ingredient list when purchasing and choose
rationally.

2.
The higher fat content of buffalo milk also means that its saturated fatty acid content will be higher than that of milk, so consumers who want to pursue the fragrant taste of buffalo milk also need to pay attention to nutrition and health, and drink
in moderation.
(Edited by Li Chuang)