Mohd. Abul Kalam Azad
Lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron-chelating traceable glycoprotein
present in milk. Its functional outlook includes : iron absorption,
anti-inflammatory, intestinal flora protection,
antibacterial, antiviral,etc. covering different fields : food
& beverage, infant formula, sports & functional foods,
pharmaceuticals, personal care products and other applications.
It is present in the milk of bovine at a high concentration
in colostrums as 2-5mg/mland at a low concentration
in raw milk as 0.1- 0.3 mg/ml (30 kg/100,000
lt. ; 0.30 gm/lt). Lf may be extracted from milk whey
(1.Castro et.al.,J.Adv.Dairy Res 2017,5:4). Milk Vita –
the largest liquid milk processing organization in Bangladesh
dealing with about 200,000 lt/day raw liquid milk
production, collection, processing and marketing nation
widely in the diversified fold of dairy products where every
day we may extract about 60 kg super quality Lactoferrin
(Lf) from the said raw milk resulting market value about
USD 30,000 per day or about USD 10 million per year
360 working days as regular gross additional income beyond
conventional milk business ( 2. Azad, M.A.K.,2001
) .