What is the role of ghee producer in the ghee industry?

In the ghee producing industry, there are mainly two types of ghee producers. The first type of producers is primary producers who maintain a dairy firm for producing the milk butter and the secondary ghee producers buy their raw materials from certified firms. Usually, ghee is made in the traditional process where the milk is converted into curd and then it is churned. Now it is a slow cooking process. Milk butter is boiled on low to medium flame and from melted butter, gradually milk proteins like lactose and casein get separated. 

Usually, five methods are used as ghee producer commercial processes. These are the traditional method, creamery – butter method, direct cream method, pre-stratification method, and continuous method.

Why the traditional method for ghee producing the most popular?

The indigenous or traditional method is the most popular process of all the methods, and ghee produced by the traditional method represents a key share of total ghee production across the ghee producer countries. Modest technology, low-cost equipment, small-scale process, and greater organoleptic superiority of ghee are some of the causes for this popularity.

The methodology of ghee manufacture following this traditional method involves (i) fermentation (by lactic acid bacteria) of primary raw material (i.e., milk butter); (ii) an automated process to accumulate milk fat in a concentrated formula; and (iii) boiling of the fat concentrate at a specified range of temperatures for the removal of moisture and to bring the blending of milk fat with fermented residues of nonfat-milk solids. The distinctive aroma, flavour, and taste of ghee largely depend on the 1st and 3rd steps of this process.

Why do quality ghee producers prefer pure grass-fed milk?

Grass-fed milk is produced from the dairy cows that are fed with natural grass and silage-based foods. It has been proved that grass-fed cow milk contains more CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid), 9 kinds of phenolic antioxidants, and many other health-friendly minerals, etc. which makes grass-fed milk made ghee a better choice.

Milkio Food, New Zealand is one of the leading ghee producers. The company manufactures Organic Cow Ghee, Grass-Fed Cow Ghee, High Aroma Cow Ghee, High Aroma Sheep Ghee, Infused Ghee [Lime and Garlic], Blend Ghee, Milk Powder, Butter, etc.

Milkio Foods of New Zealand is a secondary producer company that uses raw ingredients of ghee from organic-certified dairy farms only for making their organic grass-fed cow ghee.