Bilona Process

How Much Milk Does It Take to Make Real Ghee?

One of the biggest differences between traditional ghee and industrial ghee is the amount of milk required.

In the traditional bilona method, ghee begins with milk — not cream.

Milk is first set into curd, the curd is slowly churned to extract butter, and that butter is gently heated to become ghee.

Because of this process, it takes about 25–30 litres of milk to produce 1 litre of bilona ghee.

This is why traditional ghee was always made in small batches at home.

Industrial ghee is usually made by directly boiling cream — a faster process designed for scale. Less nutritious and no aroma.

At Ron PaulFoods, we still follow the slower bilona process using our fresh milk.

It takes more milk, more time, and smaller batches — but the aroma, taste, and nutrition are very different.