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April 22, 2006
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Buffalo milk may help meet China's growing cheese demand

NANNING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China may tap its rich buffalo milk resources to meet the growing domestic demand for cheese, which has become so popular on the Chinese dinner table thanks to the prevalence of western food.

China has 22.76 million buffaloes that together produce 2.65 million tons of milk a year, says Zheng Hua, an expert attending the ongoing fifth Asian Buffalo Congress in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Buffalo milk contains more fat and protein than cow's milk and therefore provides ideal raw material for cheese production, says Zheng, a food engineering specialist.

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