The Healthiest Cheeses, Ranked: Your Guide to Dairy's Nutritional Powerhouses

Goat's Cheese, encompassing everything from soft chèvre to hard aged varieties, provides a distinct health advantage because goat's milk naturally contains higher levels of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) than cow's milk, which are metabolized differently by the body. MCFAs are absorbed more quickly and utilized almost immediately for energy, making them less prone to storage as body fat; additionally, the differing protein structure, primarily A2 casein, is often reported anecdotally as being easier on the human digestive system.