As demand overtakes supply, a big milk fat problem |
Milk is naturally prone to adulteration; milk fat even more so. The unscrupulous players who add water to milk would probably not forgo the opportunity to lace desi ghee with palm and other vegetable oils or other animal fats such as tallow and lard. The crackdowns by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and other regulators, especially post the Tirupati laddu scandal in September 2024, have considerably undermined the operations of such suppliers. In the process, these have also increased the demand for genuine ghee, khoya, paneer and other high-fat dairy........