In this post let us go over the difference between Buffalo milk and A2 Cow milk, look at the nutritional and mineral content, and decide which is more suitable for children and/or adults.

Buffalo milk is more thicker and contains slightly more vitamins and minerals than cow milk. However, cow milk more preferred due to following reasons:

  • The fat and protein of cow milk are more easily digestible than those of buffalo milk.
  • The cow milk has also got greater amount of vitamins and minerals.
  • Buffalo milk is injurious to the development of children and only cow milk is useful to them (in the absence of mother’s milk. The buffalo milk is rich in fat, which children can’t digest. Because of indigestion they suffer from diarrhoea. The fats in cow milk and buffalo milk differ from each other in their digestive properties. The percentage of volatile and soluble acids is greater in cow ghee, and consequently it is more easily digested.
  • Cow milk, being easily digestible, is more beneficial to patients than buffalo milk.
  • Cow milk is useful for intellectual growth of children.