Lahore, March 19, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Department of Dairy Technology of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with Livestock and Dairy Development Department Punjab (L and DD) organised five days hands-on training course on ‘Fat Rich Dairy Products (Butter, Desi Ghee, Ice Cream, Frozen Dessert)’ under the project ‘Capacity Building of dairy farmers and industry stakeholders on milk value chain’ at City Campus.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad chaired the concluding ceremony and distributed certificates among the participants while Project Director Dr Muhammad Junaid and 15 participants/professionals from all over the country, public/private sectors dairy industries of were present.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad said that it is direly needed to work on the food safety and security to control the wastage of food to cater the need of increasing population of Pakistan. He advised participants to enhance networking with other professionals and spread the technical knowledge with other which learnt from this training.
He thanked Punjab Government and Livestock Department for providing financial assistance to arrange such training for the capacity building of dairy professionals. The objectives of the training were to introduce the concept and processing of fat rich dairy products to the audience for value addition in dairy businesses and also introduce the status and types of fat rich dairy products in Pakistan.
Various aspects have been discussed during five day training related to global status of fat rich dairy products and their comparison with the current situation in Pakistan, determination of butter composition and oxidation in butter cream and ghee, introduction to cream method of separating the cream from milk, process involved in the cream like pasteurization and sudden cooling, sensory evaluation of fat base products, determination of adulteration of vegetables fat in cream, butter and desi ghee, production of ice cream and market scope of frozen and fat rich dairy products etc.
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