Vol. 6, Issue 12 (2017)

Author(s):
Vaquil and Rajesh Kumar

Abstract:
Milk has always been a choice of innovation for food researchers to meet the ever changing consumer's preferences for newness in the products. Moreover, milk is consumed by people of all age can act as potent carrier for the herbs which can add functional attributes to the product. In modern era consumers are very much aware about their health. So the demand of functional foods is increasing day by day at global level and more and more people are adopting functional foods for health benefits. The flavored herbal milk drinks contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and other essential nutrients, which makes it a potential food supplement for adults and children. It is concluded that herbal milk drinks are proven to be beneficial under various conditions, such as anaemia, diabetes, cancer, eczema, constipation, support healthy skin, kidney swelling and common cold.