What Is Cold Chain and Why It’s a Lifeline for Dairy
Understand the importance of cold chain logistics in keeping your dairy products safe, fresh, and full of nutrients.
Rounak Basu
5/4/20251 min read
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Introduction:
Ever wondered why milk sometimes spoils even before its expiry date? Often, it’s due to a break in the cold chain. Cold chain logistics are critical in preserving the quality and safety of dairy products.
Main Content:
1. What Is a Cold Chain?
A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. From the moment milk is collected from the farm until it reaches the end customer, it must remain between 2–8°C. This unbroken cold journey prevents microbial growth and nutrient loss.
2. Ideal Conditions
Milk begins to degrade within 2 hours at room temperature. To maintain quality, it must be chilled immediately after milking and kept cool throughout processing, packaging, storage, and transportation. This applies to value-added products like ghee, curd, and paneer as well.
3. How Himmel Delivers
Our fleet of refrigerated vehicles is fitted with IoT-based temperature monitors. Our insulated crates, cold storage rooms, and digital inventory logs allow us to maintain ideal conditions from farm to shelf. We’ve invested in redundancy systems to prevent any thermal breach.
Conclusion:
The strength of your dairy product lies in the strength of your cold chain. At Himmel, we treat temperature like a sacred metric. Because freshness doesn’t start in the factory—it’s preserved from the source.
