Traditional Indian Dairy products|Nutritional & health aspects|

  Definition of traditional indian dairy products

Traditional Indian dairy products or indigenous milk products can be defined as the milk products which are native to India and Indian sub continental countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan and which were evolved over ages utilizing locally available fuel and coking ware.

                               

  Nutritional and Health aspects

Major components of milk are water (86-88%), fat (3-5%), protein (3-4%), lactose (4.5-5%) and minerals(0.7%). Beside this milk also contains other minor components like phospholipids, sterols, vitamins, enzymes, pigments etc. Proteins helps for muscle building, energy production and body repair, fat and carbohydrates as major energy source, minerals necessary for teeth, bones and body cells. Vitamins are required for regulation and performing vital actions for body. Proteins present in milk contain all the essential amino acids in fairly large quantity, so milk proteins are referred as complete protein. Milk fat plays significant role in nutritive values. Besides serving as rich source of energy, milk fat also contains significant amount of essential fatty acids. Lactose supplies energy and helps to establish mildly acidic reaction in intestine and facilitates assimilation. Vitamins present in milk are essential for normal growth, health and reproduction of living organisms. Milk is good source of vitamin A, vitamin D, thiamine, riboflavin etc. but milk lacks in vitamin C