--- title: "What is A1 and A2 type milk ?" description: "What is A1 and A2 type milk ?" author: "Shrikant Mishra" published: 2019-01-22 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51760/what-is-a1-and-a2-type-milk category: "health" tags: ["milk"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is A1 and A2 type milk ? Type of milk. ## Answers ### Answer by DILIP SINGH ![What is A1 and A2 type milk ?](http://answers.mindstick.com/QuestionAnswer/362eeafe-13e4-44a9-a7fa-9057ad8b1522/images/73a236f3-5eac-4733-910b-52e7981a9214.jpeg)\ Milk is one of the major sources of calcium and protein. Milk contains two types of protein: whey and casein protein (these terms are popular in the bodybuilding industry), about **80% protein is of casein type.** In casein protein, there are of two types: alpha-casein and beta-casein. Beta-casein is found in two forms: A1 and A2. These forms are called A1 and A2 milk. ![What is A1 and A2 type milk ?](http://answers.mindstick.com/QuestionAnswer/362eeafe-13e4-44a9-a7fa-9057ad8b1522/images/0fa3bef5-d322-4942-bff2-7df6a7e5f1df.jpeg)\ The difference between the A1 and A2 milk **A1 is a type of milk is given by A1 types of cows and A2 milk by A2 variety of cows.** If we talk about the consumption of the majority of milk then in large quantity **A1 milk is consumed not in India in fact in the whole part of th**e **world.** Consumption of A2 type of milk is low.\ A1 milk comes from the Foreign Breed Cow or from the mixed-race cow like Australia, the United States, and Northern Europe. **A1 is a genetic mutation that results in the production of the compound BCM7 assumed to be causing the** **development of unwanted health conditions and illnesses among consumers.** ![What is A1 and A2 type milk ?](http://answers.mindstick.com/QuestionAnswer/362eeafe-13e4-44a9-a7fa-9057ad8b1522/images/d519afae-8c1d-4ee2-a3ce-feb48b683dc9.jpeg) **\** A2 milk comes from the ancient breed cow or the breed of a cow running from a long time or from a native cow like Jersey, Charolais, Guernsey, and Limousin. [Milk](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33496/what-folders-are-important-in-the-android-project) which is produced by other mammals like human, goat, camel, and sheep is similar to A2 dairy because of the presence of the proline. **"Happy Reading!"** \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51760/what-is-a1-and-a2-type-milk Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.