whey
milk product
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- WebMD - Whey Protein - Uses, Side Effects, and More
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Use of whey in feeding ruminants
- Verywell Health - Everything You Need to Know About Whey Protein
- National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Whey Utilization: Sustainable Uses and Environmental Approach
- Frontiers - Frontiers in Food Science and Technology - Conversion of whey and other dairy waste into antimicrobial and immunoregulatory compounds by fermentation
- International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences - Whey and its Utilization
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How Cheese Is MadeThe chemistry of the cheese-making process.
See all videos for this articlewhey, watery fraction that forms along with curd when milk coagulates. It contains the water-soluble constituents of milk and is essentially a 5 percent solution of lactose in water, with some minerals and lactalbumin.
The whey is removed from the curd during the process of making cheese. Then it is centrifuged to remove fat, concentrated or dried, and used for food in processed cheese products, baking, and candy making. Whey is used for animal feed as a liquid, concentrate, or dry powder.
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