(3), a few countries like France have pioneered a very well-organized industry of goat milk production,
processing, marketing, promotion and research, which has created a strong consumer clientele like in no other country, but
deserves very much to be copied for the general benefit to human nutrition and goat milk producers. The physiological and
biochemical facts of the unique qualities of goat milk are just barely known and little exploited, especially not the high levels
in goat milk of short and medium chain fatty acids, which have recognized medical values for many disorders and diseases of
people. The new concept of tailor making foods to better fit human needs has not been applied to goat milk and its products so
far, otherwise the enrichment of short and medium chain fatty acids in goat butter, and their greater concentration compared to
cow butter, could have become a valued consumer item. Also revisions to human dietary recommendations towards admitting
the health benefits of some essential fats supports the idea of promoting goat butter. While goat yoghurt, goat cheeses and
goat milk powder are widely appreciated around the world, goat butter is not produced anywhere commercially in significant
volume.
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