Milk from Minor Dairy Animals: Chemical Constituents, Processing Characteristics and Nutritional Benefits—2nd Edition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Dairy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dairy Science and technology; sensory analysis; low fat; low sugar; nutrient delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
Milk is one of the most nutritionally complete foods. It contains all of the nutrients necessary to sustain the life of neonates and young infants and adds quality to the human diet. Cow milk accounts for about 80% of global milk production. However, milk from non-cow animal species, such as sheep, goat, buffalo, yak, camel, donkey, mare, reindeer, and pig, is nutritionally and economically important in several countries. Milk from these species is frequently transformed into specialty dairy products, with different types of products manufactured worldwide from non-cow milk. The worldwide production of non-cow milk increased by about 340% from 1981 to 2021, while cow milk production increased by only 105% during the same period. However, in parallel to the marked increase in milk production, scientific knowledge around non-cow milk and its derived dairy products has surged during the last decade. This Special Issue seeks original manuscripts that cover the chemical constituents, processing characteristics, and nutritional benefits of non-cow milk products.
Dr. Pengjie Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- non-cow milk
- chemical constituents
- nutritional benefits
- processing characteristics
- goat or sheep milk
- buffalo milk
- yak milk
- flavor
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