Herbs: A Way to Enhance Functionality of Traditional Dairy Products-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Introduction The functional foods promote health beyond supplying basic nutrition. As a result, the functional foods are gaining popularity throughout the world. The growing consumer demand along with industry interest states that there is a great scope for functional foods in India.A huge amount of milk produced in India is utilized for manufacturing of traditional dairy products [1]. Indian traditional dairy products have a significant demand and their domestic markets are well established. However, to compete and to sustain with the ever-increasing functional food market, Indian dairy industry should find ways to induce or to improve the functionality in traditional dairy products.Herbs and their extracts have a long history of usage as natural remedies for curing many health-related complications. Herbs have also found their usage in culinary purposes and some of them have been reported