Why Jovie Goat makes good sense
Goat Milk is the Right Base
Developing an infant formula that closely matches the digestibility and nutrient absorbability of breastmilk starts with choosing the right base. Globally, cow milk has become the predominant base used for infant formula due to its widespread availability. However, it is now well recognized amongst health professionals that cow milk formulations can pose discomfort to infants.
Jovie chooses goat milk to serve as the ideal base for Infant Formula, offering numerous benefits:
Breast-fed infants receive 50% of their caloric intake from fat. Consequently, infant formulas have added vegetable fat blends so that they match human breastmilk composition closely. In addition, Jovie includes as much goat milk fat as possible because of the benefits of the whole goat milk. This is an important distinction over other formulas that include de-fatted or skimmed milk ingredients that have the milk fats removed.
Goat milk has a high degree of short and medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) which increases the overall digestibility and the absorbability of the fat. As such, Jovie Goat products contain higher levels of MCTs than regular formulas.
Jovie Goat infant formula has the natural goat fat, with additional elevated levels of LCPUFAs including DHA & AA. To be clear; for Jovie Goat formulas we do not use any palm oil.
Some short and medium chain fatty acids are named after its presence in goat milk fat. There is Caproic, Caprylic and Capric acid!
Goat milk contains unique proteins that promotes easy digestion.
Anecdotally, we’ve always known that goat milk formula has a superior digestibility profile because of our own experiences, but also the collective experiences of many other parents choosing goat milk formulas. Scientifically, when infant formulas made from goat milk and cow milk are put to a digestibility test, the results show clear differences; after about 30 minutes the goat milk formula digestion rate is about twice the rate of cow milk formula.
The different digestibility rates may be due to the clotting behavior of the various milk proteins in the infant stomach. Goat milk formulas' “milk clumps” are softer and gentler so they easily pass from the stomach into the intestines for further digestion.
We think goat milk should be the first choice when choosing a breastmilk alternative!
Practise however is that many children after being breastfed, start with a cow milk formula. This often results in problems, ranging from mild (gastrointestinal) symptoms to severe allergies. Jovie Goat formulas are suitable for healthy children and children with mild symptoms, but it isn’t advised for babies with established cow milk allergy because there is a risk for a cross-over reaction.
Lactose is the naturally occurring carbohydrate in human breastmilk and provides about 40% of the energy content. Also in Jovie Goat infant formula the major carbohydrate is lactose. Hence, Jovie Goat is not suitable for babies with an intolerance for lactose.
Jovie Goat is suitable for babies with a sensitivity for cow milk, but we do not advise it for children with a cow milk allergy
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