Technology Details:
In view of the promotion of donkey milk along with generating awareness among equine farmers and donkey keepers for benefits of donkey milk and getting economic gain from it, ICAR-NRCE has standardized the formulations and technology for production of Donkey milk-based soaps, body butter and lip balms. The soaps were made by HP and CP methods utilizing the benefits of olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil and essential oils along with other key ingredients. Fresh frozen donkey milk and freeze-dried donkey milk was used for making the formulations and soaps have been tested for organoleptic properties, cleansing, and lathering properties. The body butter was made by using freeze-dried donkey milk, beeswax, coconut oil, clarified butteroil, Shea butter, vitamin E and aloe vera gel along with essential oils and lip balms were made by using freeze-dried donkey milk, coconut oil, clarified butteroil, shea butter, vitamin E and sweet almond oil along with essential oils.