SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ - Demand for fresh carabao (water buffalo) milk and products derived from it increased here amid reports of melamine contamination of milk and milk-based products from China, officials of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) here said.
“Our sales in September rose to P437,000 from the August sales of P380,000,” said Mina Padilla-Abella, in-charge of the milk processing unit of the PCC at the Central Luzon State University here.
The commodities produced by the village-type milk processing unit here are pasteurized milk, choco milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, lacto juice and milk candy. Raw milk comes from purebred and crossbred carabaos.
Padilla-Abella said the Nueva Ecija Federation of Dairy Cooperatives Inc. and the DVF Dairy Farm, both based in Talavera town, also noted the increased demand for carabao milk and products derived from it.
“The water buffalo milk is considered the finest among dairy animal milk,” said Dr. Libertado Cruz, PCC executive director.
“The demand for carabao milk is whetting the appetite of more farmers to own crossbred dairy carabao,” he said.
A crossbred carabao, a cross between the Murrah buffalo and the native carabao, yields three to five liters of milk a day compared to the native breed’s one to two liters. Harvest from a purebred carabao is at least six liters a day. (Inquirer.net)
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