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Organic Milk In India Across the world, Milk is considered a completely nutritious food, and is especially recommended for children, adolescents and pregnant and lactating women. We’ve grown up believing that our day is incomplete without 2 glasses of milk daily.

In India, every couple of years, there are often media reports of ‘synthetic’ or spurious milk, or of high chemical/ antibiotic levels - even in trusted milk brands. Additions of urea, detergent, solid Non Fatty matter (SNF) are dangerous because even boiling milk will not remove them.

Today, organic milk is regarded as a healthier alternative to conventional milk. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, organic milk is defined as milk from cows that have been exclusively fed organic feed, have not been treated with synthetic hormones, are not given certain medications to treat sickness, and are held in pens with adequate space.

Organic milk has been found to be rich in omega 3, vitamins, CLA (conjugated linoleic acid - a type of fat that may prove to be one of our most potent cancer fighters) and antioxidants. Apart from the health benefits, Organic milk also addresses environmental concerns and animal welfare issues. Although some studies comparing organic and conventional milk, do suggest that there was no significant difference in the total fat or protein content, Organic milk had 24% higher total polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) than conventional milk.

In India there are two problems: Availability (or rather scarcity) of organic milk, and the price difference between organic and conventional milk.

References Butler G, Stergiadis S, Seal C, Eyre M, Leifert C., 2011 "Fat composition of organic and conventional retail milk in northeast England" Journal of Dairy Science. 2011 Jan;94(1):24-36.

"70% of milk in Delhi, country is adulterated" The Times of India, 10th January 2012