Camelbert Cheese
Get ready for "camelbert" cheese. The United Nations says camel's milk represents an untapped source of wealth in the Arab world and is pushing to get camel's cheese, ice cream, and camel chocolate into Western stores.
Saltier than cow's milk, camel's milk contains three times the vitamin C and up to 10 times the iron content, according to the BBC, which also notes that it is touted as a powerful tonic against many diseases and as an aphrodisiac. I'd no doubt tout thusly were I selling the stuff.
Caravane, a soft camel chese produced in Mauritania and nicknamed "camelbert," has been pitched to high-end specialty stores in the U.K. and awaits licensing. Outside Africa, you'll have to travel to Kazakhstan to try Shubat or Kourt, two other camel cheeses.
There's a slight hitch, however. Camels don't produce much milk, which isn't very surprising for an animal that's adapted to the desert. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation argues the typical camel milk yield of 5 liters per day could be quadrupled with better food and care. That would put camels on par with what cows in the West produce when hooked up to bizarre machinery and pumped full of drugs, so perhaps the UN is being overly optimistic.
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