Mechanized Production of Traditional Indian Dairy Products: Present Status, Opportunities and Challenges Sunil Patel and A. G. Bhadania Department of Dairy Engineering, SMC College of Dairy Science, AAU, Anand-388110. Email:
[email protected] India is number one producer of milk in the It is high time that concerned efforts are made by world, with an average production of 128 Million the experts and scientists to formulate value added Tones per annum in 2012; out of this about 50- dairy products with engineering interventions 55% of the total milk production is converted of innovative design of equipment to produce into traditional milk products, which is mainly hygienic products with economy of processing. confined to the cottage scale in the non-organized The commercial large scale production of Value sector. With the rapid growth of dairy industry in added dairy products with very good hygienic and our country, the technology and design of process sensory properties has necessitated sincere efforts equipment has also undergone needed changes for innovations in the designing of equipment for and equipment for making indigenous products the manufacture of Value Added Dairy Products. are no exception. The small-scale technology for With the rapid growth of dairy industry in our the preparation of indigenous products cannot be country, the technology and design of process exploited for industrial production. equipment is also undergoing changes. The small- Technical Articles Technical India has made substantial growth of urban and scale technology for the preparation of indigenous semi-urban areas. As a result, increasing number products cannot be exploited for industrial of persons in the cities is desirous of purchasing production, therefore innovations in the designing quality milk products and milk-based sweets.