Editing Carabao (section)

===Dairy products===
{{See also|Water buffalo#Dairy products}}
[[File:Kesong puti.jpg|thumb|''[[Kesong puti]]'', a traditional Filipino soft cheese made from carabao milk]]
[[File:Pastillas made from carabao's milk.jpg|thumb|''[[Pastillas de leche]]'', a traditional milk candy made from carabao milk]]

Carabao milk is richer and creamier in texture than [[cow milk|cow]] or [[goat milk]], due to its much higher fat and protein content. It has similar mineral content as [[cow milk]], except it has twice as much [[phosphorus]]. It is characteristically bluish-white in color. Carabao milk is typically home-[[pasteurized]] via a [[double boiler]].<ref name="Fernandez"/>

Carabao milk is used widely in traditional [[Filipino cuisine]] due to its easier availability prior to modern importation and the development of canned milk. However, it never became widely commercialized and still remains a [[cottage industry]].<ref name="Fernandez"/> One of the main goals of the Philippine Carabao Center is the development of a more productive breed of carabaos for commercial dairy production and to encourage the growth of the carabao milk industry in the private sector.<ref>{{cite news |title=Enterprise Development |url=https://www.pcc.gov.ph/enterprise-development/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=Philippine Carabao Center |agency=Department of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines}}</ref>

The most common use of carabao milk is for the production of ''[[kesong puti]]'', a traditional soft cheese. It is also used for sweets including ''[[pastillas de leche]]'', ''[[tibok-tibok]]'', [[leche flan]], and a traditional ice cream flavor for [[sorbetes]] known as ''helado de mantecado''. Carabao milk can also eaten for breakfast or ''[[merienda]]'' poured over rice with various other ingredients.<ref name="Fernandez"/>