There is evidence suggesting that the strength and type of the immune response to goat and cow milk might still differ. For example, children allergic to cow milk required nearly five times more goat milk to trigger an adverse reaction.2 In another study, 25% of children allergic to cow milk did not react to goat milk at all.3 Children with allergy to cow milk proteins had a lower response to goat milk containing low amounts of αs1-casein.4 Similarly, studies with animals have also shown that lower levels of αs1-casein in goat milk resulted in fewer allergic reactions.5
The GIraFFE StudyTM a large (n=2132) multi-centre, randomised, double-blind controlled trial of healthy, term, formula-fed infants, concluded that whole goat milk formula (WGF) can help protect infants from atopic dermatitis (AD)/ eczema, especially infants with a parental history of AD.6
| 1 | AAP 2000; Koletzko et al, 2012 |
| 2 | Bellioni-Businco et al 1999 |
| 3 | Infante et al 2003 |
| 4 | Ballabio et al, 2011; Albenzio et al 2012; Lisson et al 2014 |
| 5 | Bevilacqua et al 2001; Hodgkinson et al 2012 |
| 6 | Grote et al. Clinical Nutrition 2026; In press, 106707 |