# Dairy product experiments **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378 "2017-06-07T19:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/1 "2017-06-07T19:01:10Z")
Does anyone know of any companies that specialize in exotic cheeses, butters etc. For instance they would experiment with the milk from a variety of captive wild animals looking for cheeses and butters etc. that may have gourmet appeal? Not limited to hooved animals necessarily. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/2 "2017-06-07T19:04:09Z")
Camel milk and camel milk products are popular in the middle east. I’ve seen reports on the news that some companies might be starting to import it. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/3 "2017-06-07T19:06:10Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Camel milk and camel milk products are popular in the middle east. I’ve seen reports on the news that some companies might be starting to import it. Camels milk is what got me thinking about this. I know Buffalo, lamas, yak, goats, and a few semi domestic African antelope species are milked. ---
**Author:** ![busterpickle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@busterpickle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterpickle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/4 "2017-06-07T19:10:00Z")
Not all animals make milk in quantity or as efficient as the primary animals of cows, goats, and sheep. I did a quick google search and there is [someone who sells camel milk stateside](http://www.cameldairy.com/). Apparently, camel milk is used as a source of water in the ME as it’s very watery. Which would mean fermenting would require a lot of milk and more to the process as you have to get rid of some of the water. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/5 "2017-06-07T19:14:04Z")
I just read where cheese sold from pig milk sells for up to $1.200.00 per pound. They are hard to milk. Hooded seal milk has up to 60% fat compared to a humans 3%. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/6 "2017-06-07T21:32:52Z")
We have a dairy here that’s making cheese from water buffalo milk (the owners were apparently inspired by the mozzarella they had in Italy). I’ve had it, it’s pretty good. > **[Salisbury farm tackles water buffalo milk cheeses](https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article73744377.html)** > > Rare Italian mozzarella is hardly available in the U.S. > **[Water Buffalo | Fading D Farm | Salisbury](https://www.fadingdfarm.com/)** > > Fading D Farm Water Buffalo Dairy producing Mozzarella di Bufala, Gelato, and Buffalo meat ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/7 "2017-06-08T06:14:50Z")
In Mongolia, mare’s milk is fermented to yield an alcoholic beverage, [Kumis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumis) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/8 "2017-06-08T13:03:58Z")
Dan Savage covered another exotic source (lead question mildly NSFW; the questions following definitely are). [You have been warned](http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=10037) ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-product-experiments/788378/9 "2017-06-08T14:49:50Z")
I’ve come across yak milk ice cream, at Glastonbury festival years ago. Didn’t try it, bit expensive.