Lassi is the best refreshment drink when it comes to rehydration in summer. Leaving aside its nutritional benefits, it is the taste of lassi that attracts millions of lovers towards it. Are you a lassi lover? Then undoubtedly, you will enjoy this article. It is because you are about to discover how your favorite lassi is manufactured in Dairy Plants in India.
How can you define “Lassi” – technically?
Have you ever thought of this? Most of us don’t as we just gulp in from the pack to quench our heat thirst or kill our longing to have it again!
Technically, the most simple and popular definition of lassi is “stirred dahi”.
Let’s get deeper into it. Lassi, a traditional Indian fermented milk beverage holds a wide presence, especially during the hot summer months. A good quality lassi should have a creamy consistency, a smooth texture, a glossy sheen, and a white color with a yellowish tint. Its mild acidic flavor and sweet taste make it a refreshing and delicious soft drink.
Flavoring varies from region to region, with salt, sugar, and various condiments and spices such as ginger, coriander, and mint.
Is Lassi manufactured only by stirring the Dahi?
At home and in stalls we have seen the process of lassi making, primarily stirring dahi. But when it comes to the same in a dairy factory in India, the process is pretty different and complex.
Lassi, a fermented beverage, is made from pasteurized whole or reduced-fat milk. Henceforth, Lactic acid bacteria and flavor-producing organisms are the culture reagents in the process. Sweet cream or whole milk dahi comes as the output of the culture. Lassi evolves from the churning of this sweet cream or whole milk dahi and removing the butter.
You can understand the process better from the following flowchart:
The above flowchart indicates the process, but there are technical steps that you might not understand until you are a dairy professional. However, to assure you that the process never harms the taste or nutrition values, do note the following:
- To ensure that your lassi is hygienic, dairy plants never purchase dahi, they make it themselves.
- The dahi for lassi comes from pure milk sourced from dairy farms passing all quality tests.
- Lassi is manufactured in hygienic conditions adhering to FSSAI, HACCP, and GMP protocols.
- Dairy industry leaders and professional experts monitor and control the lassi production process.
- Disinfected and well-maintained warehouses serve as lassi storage points
Straight from the acquisition of raw material up to souring the same to your home, lassi undergoes well-established stages of production, storage, and logistics to ensure that you gulp in the “lassi” that you were longing for!
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