Camels milk comes to the fore with healthier chocolate from Dubai?
PR-Inside.com
Friday, July 31, 2009
Farming around 3,000 head of camels, Al Nassma Chocolate company is planning to launch its product in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia, as well as Arab markets. The Abu Dhabi royal family is financing the project.
The company claims the camel milk chocolate has less fat, less lactose and five times
more vitamin C, with more insulin, than that found in cow’s milk. The chocolate will have no preservatives, or additives and will be flavoured with a range of local popular spices, nuts and honey.
“Powdered camel milk is sent from Abu Dhabi to Austria where we produce raw chocolate then send it back for processing to a factory in the desert", says head of Chocolatier Hochleitner in Austria, Johann George Hochleitner.
Only places such as Harrods in England will sell the new delicacy. Martin Van Almsick, Company manager, said “It's a luxury product, so we will never be in supermarkets. The plan is to be in one mall in each UAE city”. The chocolate is now sold in luxury hotels
and private airlines in Dubai.
It is believed that camel milk has therapeutic properties against malaria, jaundice, diabetes and constipation and may even assist the sex life. Raw camel milk can be kept for up to 7 days, compared to the much lower life of cow’s milk.
In most arid and semi-arid countries it is the women who manage and operate the camel milk industry. Substandard unhygienic raw camel milk, in Nairobi, brings twice the price of pasteurized quality cow’s milk. Numerous rich Somali diabetics undergo camel milk therapy for diabetes. Tests with tuberculosis patients have produced some very positive results for those treated with raw camel milk, compared to those treated with raw cow’s milk.
Camel milk normally has a sharp and sweet taste, but other times it can taste salty. Sometimes the milk may taste watery. The quality of milk is affected by how old the animal is, the number of calvings, the stage of lactation, the quantity and quality of food and water available.
The question still remains however, who is going to volunteer to milk the camels, given they are creatures with such nasty natures?
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