The dairy also makes cream-top and skim cow’s milk, among other products. While it looks like English cheddar, the water buffalo cheese has bold barnyard flavors akin to those of unpasteurized ...

Regardless, the products that these water buffalo produce such as milk, yogurt, cheese, ground meat, sausage, and even ice cream, are particularly high in nutrients such as calcium, protein and ...

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BANGOR, Calif. - Cars screech to a halt when they round a bend on a lonely road in the remote foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada and Hanns Michael Heick's 200 water buffalo come suddenly ...

A group of female water buffalo, who's milk is used for making gelato and mozzarella, look out from a pen at Andrew Zlot's farm, Double 8 Dairy, in Petaluma, CA, Wednesday, January 22, 2014.

Why a buffalo: Water buffalo are prized as farm animals in wet, swampy areas, such as rice fields. They have wide hooves and flexible feet that keep them from sinking in mud.

Water buffalo milk also has less cholesterol than cow’s milk, despite the higher fat content. “That’s why you don’t get the aftertaste, the coating in your mouth,” Morsey said.

Here’s why: It’s really good milk. Buffalo milk is 8 percent butterfat, compared to 3 to 5 percent for most cows. It’s higher in simple sugars with protein that’s easier to digest.