Camel milk is sold in the Gulf countries as health drink. It is flavoured. Camel milk is shown to reduce the blood sugar level. It has three time more Vitamin C and ten times more iron than the cow milk. It is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and Vitamin B. It is as nutritious as human breast milk. Camel milk is also sold in the African countries as a health food. In 2013, the European union permitted the import of the camel milk from the Emirates.

In India, camel milk has been used for generations by the desert nomads. It is privately sold in Udaipur and Bhilwara districts of Rajasthan. It is popular among foreign tourists. The League for Pastoral Peoples under its aegis runs Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan ( LPPS ) in Rajasthan. It aims to revive the fortunes of camel breeders of Rajasthan. They developed and tried to market a range of camel milk products—fresh milk, pasteurised milk, ice cream and curd—in Jaisalmer district but they could not scale up.

The state of Rajasthan has passed Camel Bill, 2014 to discourage sale of camels for meat and trade across borders. But camels can be saved only if the camel breeders have a decent income. To have such an income, camel dairying is the only option.

Meanwhile, LPPS is making camel milk soaps which are very popular at fairs, such as the Pushkar fair and at Nature Bazar in Delhi. They have the ice cream making facility on their campus at Sadri.

The GCMMF which markets Amul is ready to process 5000 litres of camel milk at its Kutch project. The product will be first launched in Ahmedabad, and then the rest of Gujarat. At the initial stage, they will source milk from camel breeders in Kutch and Bhuj and later from Rajasthan. In theory, Rajasthan could produce about 1 lac litres of camel milk per day. If we add up Gujarat, it comes to about 1.5 lac litres.

The Food Safety Standards Authority of India ( FSSAI ) has to set the standards for camel milk. In 2000, the SC has ruled that camel milk is fit for human consumption. The Milk and Milk products order still recognises milk only from cows, buffaloes, sheep, goats and combination thereof.

Camel milk is beneficial in curing life style diseases.