Overview of functionality of goat and sheep milk

Milk and colostrum contain a great number of bioactive components influencing the human health such as weight management and hypertension. Furthermore, milk components, such as calcium and proteins and new structures created by reaction of these with other components have a great influence on the technological properties of the milk, and might also influence digestion and health properties. Since Goat and sheep milk is richer in such milk components compared to bovine milk, it is justifiable to consider goat and sheep milk to be natural functional milks (Assis et al., 2016).