It seems like Yak’s produce a milk that when converted into cheese offers nutritional benefits compared to cow’s milk.
from Food Navigator
” The higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids found in yak’s cheese would mean it could be “classified as a healthy food in human diets,” state the researchers from the University of Guelph (Canada), the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources in Katmandu, and Kantipur City College in Katmandu.
Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume 56, Pages 1654-1660
“Fatty Acid Composition of yak (Bos grunniens) Cheese Including Conjugated Linoleic Acid and trans-18:1 Fatty Acids”
Authors: M.M. Or-Rashid, N.E. Odongo, B. Subedi, P. Karki, B.W. McBride “
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