India is the largest producer and consumer of milk in the world. Production of milk from buffaloes exceed that of cows. India has an extensive government-supported dairy cooperative structure. Milk from the small herds is collected by the cooperatives at centralised cooling facilities and transported to the end-users in urban centres. Also typical of smallholder dairying, most of the milk produced (over 80%) is distributed as liquid milk for home consumption or manufacturing of traditional products like ghee, paneer and mithais.