Relating to or derived from capric acid, a fatty acid found in goat milk and other sources.
From Latin capra (goat) combined with the chemical suffix -ic, indicating the acid was originally identified in goat products.
Caprinic acid is one of the reasons goat cheese tastes distinctly different from cow cheese—it's literally a chemical difference locked into the milk at the molecular level.
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