The goodness of ghee: a spoonful of health and vitality

“Ghee is the super-food of 22^nd century” as rightly said by celebrity dietician Rujuta Diwekar.

Predominantly a dairy product, ghee is produced from milk butter and it contains versatile nutrients that helps you in staying fit and balanced.

Although it is a mere food item, but use of this dairy staple in diet has some amazing health and vitality benefits that are quite unique in manifold aspects.

Ghee in English: the other names of ghee

Once ghee was an Indian, Asian, and Middle East based dairy staple that was used as a kitchen specialty mainly.  In India, Ghee was used in making ayurvedic medicines too, besides its use in culinary delight and is some religious rituals.

Gradually, ghee became a good quality cooking oil. All over the world, this milk butter made dairy product got its fame in different names. In India it was known in the name of Ghritam (Sanskrit), in USA it is known as clarified butter, and the other names of this dairy delicacy are brown butter, anhydrous fats, etc.

Wide variations of ghee are available in market. But cow ghee is counted as one of the most versatile dairy products in this range. In terms of superiority, grass fed cow ghee is the most-in-demand product for a wide varieties of reasons.

Does ghee need to be refrigerated?

Most of the dairy product are known for their short shelf-life as milk is a perishable product. All milk products are preferred to stock with the support of refrigeration because milk may get spoiled if there is any storage discrepancy.

But ghee is exceptional. You can store ghee for longer time than usual in your kitchen and without the provision of preservation this dairy product will stay intact with you.

That is why ghee is stored in a smart kitchen without the support of refrigeration. It has been tested that grass fed cow ghee can stay 12-18 months in your kitchen without the support of refrigeration.

Ghee nutritional values

Cow Ghee is a special type of milk fat typically made from cow’s milk. Ghee’s nutrient values are somewhat alike to those of butter, but it is all casein and lactose-free.

According to the USDA Branded Food Products Database, in every 100 grams of ghee, you may find 64% fat, which means it has some quantity of protein and almost no trace of carbohydrates in it. Out of this fat content, ghee contains mainly saturated fat. This amount of ghee also has 2,000 IU of vitamin A (each tablespoon has 300 IU).