Use
Research and innovation Level of commercial
potential
Technology and
investment requirements
Place in the waste
pyramid
Use examples
Nutrition
The food industry is
now focusing on the
health aspects of acid
whey with regard to
nutritional
opportunities in food
products. Extracting
functional components
of sweet whey has
become a major
industrial activity, but
for acid whey it is still
mainly in a research
state.
Using the many
nutritional properties of
acid whey has high
market potential, when
considering the many
current uses in food
ingredients of similar
properties of sweet
whey.
Requires investments
in complex technology
for separation and for
the production of
specific components.
Reuse/upcycling of
nutrients in the whey.
MyProtein® fabricates
acid whey protein
powder for fitness
purposes.
Nutrilac
®
Nutrilac
®
technology
has created new
possibilities for the use
of acid whey,
according to AFI.
Nutrilac
®
can increase
the commercial
potential of the uses of
acid whey in a variety
of by-product
developments.
No technological
investment is needed.
Companies will have to
purchase Nutrilac
®
from AFI.
Enables reuse and
recycling.
Arla Foods is producing
value-added products
using Nutrilac
®
, and
Nutrilac
®
is sold to other
food producers.
Table 9.2 Continued