Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Farm animals are used from ancient time for production of milk, meat and animal body fats. Milk and animal body fats are part of diet of all modern humans. Milk fat and animal body fat hold unique place as they do not only provide energy but are major contributor to food flavor and contribute to mouth feel. Production trends of milk and body fats provide information not about only production patterns but consumption patterns too. Knowing this information helps industry as well educators in getting idea of what is happening at global scale in milk and animal fat production. It was found in this study that butter is produced in highest quantity from animal milk fat, followed by ghee. Major animal body fats produced are lard and tallow and they are produced in equivalent quantity to milk fat. Both milk fats and animal body fats are showing similar net positive overall growth rate. It was also discovered that most of products, production is concentrated in few countries.