Milk demand in Indore has edged up amid surge in consumption from institutional and household purchases in the winter season.
Indore Cooperative Dugdh Sangh, which supplies packaged milk to consumers, has registered sales of 2.5 lakh litre per day whilst supplies of loose milk by private milk suppliers in the city has witnessed a surge of around 1 lakh litre per day.
“Daily milk demand has improved to around 2.5 lakh litre per day in these months. The surplus milk is utilised for converting into different by products contingent upon the demand,” said an official from Indore Cooperative Dugdh Sangh.
Daily milk collection at the Indore centre amounts to approximately 3 lakh litre, according to Indore Cooperative Dugdh Sangh. The surplus milk is utilised for manufacturing ice cream, table butter, white butter and skimmed milk powder.