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Isn't whey what Whey Protein Concentrate is made from? Highly sought after in bodybuilding/fitness circles.

• nkingsy 7y ago
  That’s “sweet” whey. Acid whey from eg Greek yogurt is thrown out as no one has found a profitable channel for it yet. Edit: made my own Greek yogurt a couple of times, tried to sneak it into my kids smoothies, use it to soak beans, mix it with my kids milk. No dice, just really sour stuff.
  • leni536 7y ago
    I think the swiss soda drink, Rivella, is made from acid whey. I guess if you add enough sugar/sweetener then you can sell it.
• ogre_codes 7y ago
  > Whey Protein Concentrate From the article: > Large, corporate-owned creameries can afford the expensive equipment that converts whey into profitable products such as protein powder. But at his family-owned, 20-cow farmstand creamery, Koch and his wife simply fed their whey into the fields through a nutrient management system. Smaller creameries lack the capital to buy equipment to create whey powder and even if they had it, few people would buy small-brand protein powder. It is also apparently not worth shipping & selling to companies with the equipment so it ends up as an expense to dispose of it.