Milk Nuggets: A Rich Source of Vegetarian Protein-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Abstract Majority of Indian population is lacto-vegetarian who consumes food from vegetarian origin except the milk and milk products. The protein requirement of a large population is met from plant sources. Protein deficiency, particularly animal protein deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency observed in India. The per capita protein availability in India is 58g/day of which animal protein is only 9.5g against world average of 25g. In view of low consumption of animal source based protein by the Indian population, the supply of milk protein as a source of animal protein in the form of nuggets has a great potential to fulfill the animal protein deficiency in the diet. Nuggets from milk protein can be effectively used as replacer of meat or animal protein. Introduction Protein rich vegetable origin foods like soy nugge