Side effect of climate change, the consumption of our earth’s resources, as well as the side effects of intensive livestock farming, is that attention is turning to a ‘holistic consciousness’. Let us hope for time. Thinking in (larger) contexts instead …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
