With a similar taste to cow's milk (though without its propensity to curdle) and three times the vitamin C, Mauritanian camel milk is a new hot product on the global market. It can even be made into cheese with a similar taste to goat Camembert (but don't look for that on the market since red tape is threatening to choke the product's export chances before they even get started). In a country where 2/3 of the population live on £1 per day, fair trade camel dairy products could make a huge difference: the potential market is tagged at a cool £10bn. Thanks to the dairy, Mauritania's nomads have been able to connect to the ever-globalizing world without being swallowed by it. [GT]
A new use for camel's milk: Sell it abroad.
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