The year of the goat?

Is 2019 the year of the goat - in retail supermarkets?

According to MSN and other main-stream media, goat meat is set to become food trend of 2019 as supermarkets are said to be testing a number of ready meals containing goat meat.

Despite the rising popularity of goat's cheese and milk among shoppers in recent years, goat meat has not taken off and is not yet stocked by any of the major supermarkets.

However, according to sources in the United Kingdom, Good Food magazine's list of top food trend predictions for 2019, goat is on the cusp of an ascent to the mainstream market. This trend is also expected to make its way across the Atlantic to the United States and Canada. Goat meat is already a popular food in Mexico.

Supermarkets are testing recipes for goat sausages, meatballs and ready meals, which could soon be brought to shop shelves as a new meat option.

It comes as campaigners have warned that nearly 100,000 young male goats are being euthanized every year in the UK. This is because they cannot be used for the production of milk and cheese, while farmers also anticipate there will be

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Now in a bid to minimize this wastage they are getting goat meat on the menus of restaurants and say they are in the "final stages" of getting it into food stores.

James Whetlor, founder at goat meat firm Cabrito, which is behind a campaign called "Goatober" which encourages consumption of the meat in October, said: "These products are in the final stages of development and finally people are realizing that its right that goat meat should be eaten, as these animals are being euthanized anyway and going to waste."

A number of trendy restaurants are already regularly offering goat on their menus.

The rise of goats meat as a popular dish comes some years after dairy products from goats have achieved mainstream success. Sales of goats cheese and milk have been rising for the past five years.

Meat from young goats (kids) is mild-flavored, tender and comparable to lamb, while meat from older goats is tougher and has a stronger flavor.

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