How do you get milk in your kitchen ?

Milk is an inevitable product in our lifestyle. There are different ways to procure milk. How do I get milk in my kitchen ?  Currently people prefer one of the following four options to get milk from outside to home.

Option 1: Tetra Pack Milk – This is a recent trend in the milk system. This milk can be used for 15 to 20 days. People show interest in this kind of milk due to environmental situations like corona impact. Since the shelf life is more in this option, many preservatives also play a major role in it.

Option 2: Milkman – People get milk delivered from a milk man who belongs to the same area. They deliver milk at doorstep. This milk has to be used on the same day. This is the ancient system followed. A trustable vendor can maintain a healthy life in your home.

Option 3: Packet milk. – This type of  milk comes in a packet made up of plastic material. It costs around Rs:54. They pasteurise and homogenise the milk. They are liked by the people for various options provided in fat content. This has been in use for a long period of time.

Option 4: Dairy Shop – In dairy shops milk is sold along with other milk products like yogurt, cheese, paneer, butter , etc … People buy in the local dairy shop along with other products. The quality of the milk cannot be assured. It is collected from various places and there is a mix of different types of milk.

Think what is the real need of you ? Which one can you trust ?

Milk Collection :

There are many nutrients and vitamins in the milk such as Protein, Carbs, Sugar, Fats, Calcium, Phosphorus, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12 etc … People were deliberately made to focus on more fat content in the milk and fat is playing a major role in the price fixation in the market.

Every 4 or 5 villages have a common collection point to collect the milk from different producers. There is a high possibility also for mixing different types of milk. Yes it can be a mix of any type of milk such as Goats milk, Buffalo milk, Jersey cow milk , Indian cow milk or even a Camel milk or a synthetic milk.

These collection points have a testing machine to test fat. Machines show the percentage of fat content in the milk. Importance is given to the percentage of fat content in the milk. Weightage is not given to the source of production. Hence some people take this opportunity and bring all sorts of milk and this has the combination of any type of milk such as buffalo, camel or even synthetic. Based on the percentage of fat content, they are given the price for milk.

For example ,

1% fat milk is purchased for Rs. 6:00,

2% fat milk is purchased for Rs. 12:00,

4% fat milk is purchased for Rs. 24:00 etc …

Hence no one is interested in growing cows that produce milk with less fat.

Buffalo starts to produce milk with 6 percent of fat content in them. After 3 months, they give 10 percent of fat in their milk. Thickness of the milk increases and the quantity of milk produced is the same. Hence people show much interest in growing buffalos keeping the fat percentage in mind.