FSSAI CERTIFIED . LAB-VERIFIED ~90% A2 . NBAGR BADRI BREED . MAITOLI VILLAGE . BERINAG
‘Himalayan’ is on a hundred labels and means almost nothing. Real Himalayan ghee has a named village, a named breed and an altitude — here’s the difference.
“Himalayan” has become a marketing word — the Himalayas span thousands of kilometres and many countries. A genuine claim names the exact place, the breed, and the altitude. Ours: Maitoli, Uttarakhand, Pahadi Badri cows, ~5,775 ft.
“Himalayan” should mean something physical, not just a word on a label. At high elevation — ours sits around 5,775 ft — the air is cold and clean year-round, and grass grows slowly through the seasons. The cows graze on wild herbs and slow-grown forage rather than fast, fertilised fodder, and move freely over hill terrain. That mountain diet and environment shape milk that is richer and more aromatic than milk from stall-fed, high-yield herds in the plains, which are bred for volume. Cool mountain temperatures also suit the slow, traditional way bilona ghee is churned and cooked. The mountain isn’t a label here — it’s part of the recipe. It’s the character people are really after when they look for Pahadi ghee.
| Vague label | Real claim |
|---|---|
| “Himalayan” | Named village + district |
| “mountain cows” | Named breed (Pahadi Badri) |
| “high altitude” | A stated number (~5,775 ft) |
| “pure” | A batch lab report |
Anyone can write ‘Himalayan’. Almost no one can show a named village, a named breed and a lab report per batch — that’s the line between a claim and the truth. See the brand checklist.
Buranshvalley is made in Uttarakhand — Maitoli village, Pithoragarh, in the Kumaon Himalayas. Hand-churned the bilona way, from grass-fed Pahadi Badri cows. Read the full origin story.
Pahadi Badri ghee from Maitoli, Uttarakhand — named, dated, lab-verified.