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Goat milk

Capra aegagrus hircusAlso called goat's milk

Goat milk is a kind of milk. Cooks use it as dairy.

  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Part used
Milk
Family
Bovidae

In the kitchen

How to use goat milk

Cooking with it

For cheesemaking, homogenization is not recommended because it affects coagulation, quality and yield.

Nutrition

What 100 g of goat milk holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 29%Fat 34%Carbohydrate 37%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of goat milk
Energy69 kcal · 288 kJ
Protein3.6 g
Fat4.1 g
of which saturated2.7 g
Carbohydrate4.5 g
of which sugars4.5 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium50 mg
Cholesterol11 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of goat milk: minerals and vitamins
Potassium204 mg
Calcium134 mg
Iron0.05 mg
Magnesium14 mg
Zinc0.3 mg
Vitamin C1.3 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)57 µg
Folate1 µg
Vitamin B120.07 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171278), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: goat milk in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milkChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
milk
Made from it
goat cheese

Around the world

What goat milk is called

Names in 55 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    leche de cabra

  • French

    lait de chèvre

  • Italian

    latte di capra

  • Portuguese

    leite de cabra

  • German

    Ziegenmilch

  • Dutch

    geitenmelk

  • Greek

    κατσικίσιο γάλα

  • Turkish

    Keçi sütü

  • Russian

    козье молоко

  • Polish

    mleko kozie

  • Arabic

    حليب ماعز

  • Persian

    شیر بز

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  • Armenian

    այծի կաթ

  • Asturian

    lleche de cabra

  • Bangla

    ছাগলের দুধ

  • Bashkir

    кәзә һөтө

  • Basque

    ahuntz-esne · ahuntzaren esne · ahuntz esne

  • Belarusian

    казінае малако

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    казінае малако

  • Burmese

    ဆိတ်နို့

  • Catalan

    llet de cabra

  • Chinese

    山羊奶

  • Chuvash

    Качака сĕчĕ

  • Czech

    kozí mléko

  • Danish

    gedemælk

  • Egyptian Arabic

    لبن معيز

  • Esperanto

    kaprina lakto · kaprolakto

  • Estonian

    kitsepiim

  • Finnish

    vuohenmaito · kutunmaito

  • Hebrew

    חלב עזים · חלב עיזים · חלב עז

  • Hungarian

    kecsketej

  • Inari Sami

    kaaicâmielkki

  • Indonesian

    susu kambing

  • Interlingua

    lacte de capra

  • Japanese

    ヤギ乳 · 山羊乳

  • Javanese

    susu wedhus

  • Kazakh

    ешкі сүті

  • Korean

    염소젖 · 산양유

  • Lithuanian

    ožkos pienas

  • Lule Sami

    gájtsamielkke

  • Macedonian

    козјо млеко

  • Malay

    Susu kambing

  • Mari

    каза шӧр

  • Northern Sami

    gáiccamielki

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    geitemelk · Geitemelk · Geitmjølk · Geitemjølk

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    geitemjølk

  • Romanian

    lapte de capră

  • Serbian

    козје млеко

  • Shan

    ၼမ်ႉၼူမ်းပႄႉ

  • Simplified Chinese

    山羊奶

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    山羊奶

  • sje

    gájtsamällke

  • Slovak

    kozie mlieko

  • Slovenian

    kozje mleko

  • Swedish

    getmjölk

  • Ukrainian

    козяче молоко

  • Urdu

    بکری کا دودھ

  • Vietnamese

    sữa dê

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)

Wikidata item: Q1418287