Buy Whole-fat Colostrum The fat content of colostrum products is critical. Beta-lipids and essential fatty acids are naturally found in colostrum. Why do some producers take these out only to add them back in later? The New Zealand dairy board encourages producers to skim colostrum so they may sell the fat-soluble vitamins and other fat-soluble ingredients separately, increasing their profits. Even so, some companies sell skimmed colostrum and call this high protein or immunolgobulin-concentrated colostrum.

While I understand the allure of the profitability of the fat-soluble ingredients in colostrum, at Anovite we believe it is deceptive to sell such products. You see, fat acts as a barrier and protects the vital fragile constituents in colostrum product when it is spray dried. But, when you spray dry a product with the fat removed, the heat denatures the product and reduces the biological activity of the immunoglobulins by about half. The fat also provides fat-soluble vitamins and essential amino acids. If you remove the fat from a product, you remove about 35 percent of insulin-like growth factor-I, one of the major growth factors in colostrum.

How can you tell if the fat has been taken out? Look at the supplement facts on product labels. Some products list zero fat. In a society that suffers from unwarranted fat phobia, this may be an appealing marketing gimmick. But I believe it is indicative of an inferior product.

These are just some of the important issues consumers seeking quality colostrum products need to know about. Keep in mind that colostrum has become very popular and a lot of companies selling colostrum are really only distributors who are, in essence, simply marketers riding upon the coattails of colostrum science—but their products are not based on true science. The science of colostrum has thousands of articles, but these findings are based on whole colostrum, like that at Anovite—products that are not defatted, filtrated products or that are two or three day old transitional milk. True colostrum gives you the best overall benefits. Without the real thing, you have no science behind your product. At Anovite, we have the science few other companies can generate.