The Other White Drink
Monday, July 9, 2007
Camelicious. You heard it here first. The bandwagon is building.
Why would anyone choose camel milk? Ulrich Wernery, whose small pilot milking program became the launch pad for a $27-million dairy housing 500 lactating camels, says: "It is the nearly perfect animal product for humans."
Health properties have played a key role in the fledgling camel milk industry's marketing efforts. Advocates say it contains five times more vitamin C than cow's milk; is rich in enzymes with anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties; and is effective in treating a variety of ailments including tuberculosis, peptic ulcers, psoriasis and diabetes.
The one thing camel milk lacks is fat; it has only 2% fat, compared with 4.5% in cow's milk. As a final selling point, even people with lactose intolerance can drink it, even though it contains about as much lactose as cow's milk.
Emirates Industry for Camel Milk & Products is not the first camel dairy in the United Arab Emirates, but it is the first to produce exclusively its own milk, use automatic milking machines and operate within a closed hygienic system, with milk traveling from udder to cooling tank to processing plant. "Previously, camels were hand milked and they poured it into a bowl," says Wernery. "You can imagine the hygiene difficulties, especially with sandstorms."
The dairy produces about 4,000 liters a day. On the shelf, a liter costs about $2.75, more than cow's milk, but production is barely keeping up with demand.
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