“Low-fat milk is targeted at consumers who are diabetic and have high blood pressure, while high-fat cow milk is for those who need high-fat nutrient. Our plan is to bring out both types of milk by mid-February,” Siyaram Singh, general manager of DDC said.[break]
In the absence of low-fat fresh milk in the country, such milk varieties are being imported from countries such as New Zealand, Australia and India. Amul brand low-fat milk is widely available in major departmental stores of the country.
Singh said the DDC came up with the idea to introduce new varieties of fresh milk in view of the changed demands among domestic consumers and as part of business promotion. “We will be able to reduce the imports once we introduce the milk varieties,” said Singh. He said DDC would produce the fresh milk pouches in the capital in the first phase.
According to him, the low-fat milk contains only 0.5 percent fat, which is far lower than around 3 percent fat available in the pouches currently available in the market.
The low-fat milk will be cheaper by Rs 5 per liter than the ones that are available in the market at present. DDC has not yet ascertained the production volume of the low-fat milk.
However, DDC officials said the high-fat cow milk will be produced 3,000 liter per day with milk collected Chitwan and Rupandehi districts.
“We are setting up separate collection centers in the two districts to procure only cow milk,” added Singh. Cow milk, which will be expensive by Rs 5 per liter compared, will contain 3.5 percent fat.
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