# India Faces Milk Fat Shortage Despite Surplus Milk Powder: A Growing Challenge for the Dairy Industry

> Indian processors face a milk fat shortage even as skimmed milk powder stocks accumulate. The decline of buffalo milk's share from about 60% to about 45% over three decades is driving the change, since cow milk has lower fat content (about 3.5% against 6.5% for buffalo milk).

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14T15:09:20.270Z
- Category: market · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99559-india-faces-milk-fat-shortage-despite-surplus-milk-powder-a-growing-challenge
- Commodities: [Nonfat Dry Milk](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NFDM.md)

## Why it matters

More cow milk means more solids-not-fat relative to fat, so powder output and stocks rise while fat tightens. Surplus powder is bearish for skimmed milk powder prices, and tight fat supports butter and ghee.

## Read by commodity

- NFDM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dairynews7x7.com: https://dairynews7x7.com/news/india-faces-milk-fat-shortage-despite

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