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Nutraceuticals are defined as “foods or food derived substances in extracted form, which claim to provide medicinal and health benefits beyond the basic nutrition of the food”. Some of the most common examples of nutraceuticals are carotenoids, dietary fibres, flavonoids, fatty acids, etc. These ingredients can be obtained from plant or animal sources. Among animal sources, milk is a source of numerous nutraceuticals. However, their extraction from milk in native form has remained a challenge for the researchers. With technological advances in the dairy industry, opportunities have been created to isolate, concentrate or modify milk-derived nutraceutical for their potential applications in functional foods preparation. Although, prominent scope has been visualized in the area of dairy nutraceuticals, the segment is still facing numerous challenges which are to be dealt with to ensure the sustainability and development of the sector.