# Alternative Powdered Milks Desert Farms Offers Freeze Dried Camel Dairy to Add to Beverages By M | Published 2016-08-31 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/powdered-milk References: [desertfarms](http://desertfarms.com/products/camel-milk-powder-freeze-dried-200g) Desert Farms is a retailer specializing in offering consumers with an [alternative dairy beverage](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remilk-the-new-milk) sourced from camels, and this [powdered milk product](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/goats-milk-supplement) makes it incredibly easy for consumers to add to beverages to increase its nutritional and mineral content. The milk is freeze dried so that it can retain a solid and finely milled form for easy portability. The Camel Milk Powder is ideal for consumers seeking an [alternative to cow's milk](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plantbased-whole-milk) to add to their diet. The milk is sourced raw and whole and then reduced at minus 50-degrees before being dehydrated. The process removes all the liquid living behind a powdered version that can easily be rehydrating by adding water. The powdered format allows consumers to bring the milk on trips, camping or add to smoothies. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 34% | Activity: 17% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Alternative Dairy Beverages:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in developing and marketing alternative dairy beverages sourced from unconventional animals like camels. - **Powdered Functional Foods:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating powdered versions of traditional foods to enhance convenience and portability. - **Plant-based Milk Substitutes:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in producing powdered versions of plant-based milks for easy consumption and transportation. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Food and Beverage Retail:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the retail sector by offering alternative dairy beverages like freeze-dried camel milk powder as a unique product offering. - **Nutraceuticals:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the nutraceutical industry by developing and marketing powdered functional foods with enhanced nutritional and mineral content. - **Animal Agriculture:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the animal agriculture industry by exploring unconventional sources of milk, such as camels, and developing innovative processing techniques like freeze-drying. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Convenient Powdered Plant Milks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/powdered-plant-milk.md) - [Nutritious Powdered Oat Milks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/organic-oat-milk-powder.md) - [Oat Milk Powders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oat-mlk-powder.md) - [Oat Drink Powders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/overherd.md) - [Animal-Free Milk Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/betterland-cowfree-milk.md) - [Pet-Friendly Powdered Milks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rogue-pet-science-goat-milk.md) - [Beverage-Boosting Wellness Powders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nutr-blends.md) - [Dairy-Identical Protein Powders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/animal-free-whey-protein-powder.md) - [Animal-Free Milk Products](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/betterland-milk.md)