Camel milk is attracting worldwide attention as a healthier drink than milk

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Traditionally drunk in Africa and the Middle EastCamel milkIs attracting attention as a health drink because it is low in fat than general milk, its demand is increasing worldwide. In response to this, in Australia where the camelid wilding is a problem, Bloomberg reports that camel's dairy farming is growing rapidly.

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Marcel Steingiesser worked at a mining company for 14 years and afterwards a company dealing with camel milk in AustraliaGood Earth DairyWas established. Steingiesser says, "Australia has received high praise for food quality safety standards, it is an opportunity to sell the Australian camel milk products to the world."

In Australia, a large amount of camels were introduced as exploration vehicles in the 1840s, but then when the demand ceased due to the appearance of a car, it was left in the vast desert of Australia. According to a subsequent survey, it is reported that a group of wild camels continues to grow at a rate of about 8% a year, and in 2010 there is a possibility of doubling in 10 years until 2020 So much.


Good Earth Dairy secures and keeps more than 100 wild camels and aims to expand the number of breeding horses to 3,300 by June 2020. When this becomes possible, it seems that it is possible to produce about 10,000 liters of camel milk a day.

Camel milk is quite luxurious to drink on a daily basis. In Singapore, for example, camel milk from the United Arab Emirates is 19 dollars (about 2000 yen) per liter and it is much higher than milk of 2 liters 4.3 dollars (about 470 yen). This means that one cow can produce about 16 liters of milk per day, whereas the amount of milk taken from a camel one day is less than half, about 6 liters, and that of a camel Because 90% of milk production is Africa and the Middle East, it costs more production and transportation costs than milk, and the price is also higher.


But Steingiesser says that if the farm size of Good Earth Daily gets big enough to breed thousands of heads, it will be possible to lower the production cost of camel milk at all. Also, Steven Göppelt, co-founder of Good Earth Daily said, "Australia is in its own position, if we are obliged to rely on breeding, it's a pretty harsh situation, but we have a large amount of camels in the desert You can get it. " Although Mr. Geppert is a manager, he travels over the Australian desert for a year and adventures with the experience of defending himself and two camels with a rifle while being attacked by a bull whose weight is about 1.2 tons It seems to be also a person


Australian Camel Industry Association: According to the (CIA Camel Industry Association), 5 times the vitamin C of milk to camel milk, and iron contains 10 times the milk, such as further comprising an allergencaseinYaWhey proteinIt is said that it is not included. Therefore, it is expected to be applied to foods such as powdered milk and cheese and skin care products. The milk of the camel is more refreshing than the milk, and it seems that saltiness is slightly felt.