Sweet Whey
Leprino Foods is a global Sweet Whey leader. Our Sweet Whey comes only from our mozzarella cheese production, yielding a clean & consistent flavor that is naturally sweet, and rich in lactose and whey proteins setting us apart from the competition. And it is also trusted by small and multinational food manufacturers alike who demand ingredients of the highest quality and consistency.
Leprino’s Sweet Whey powder offers many advantages to enhance your recipes with its nutritional profile and the functional properties delivered by whey proteins. Depending on your formulation, this ingredient can boost the overall solubility, creaminess, emulsifying, or texturing properties of your recipe.
Sweet Whey
Made by spray-drying pasteurized whey, our sweet whey is an economical source of dairy solids that contains no less than 11 percent protein as-is.
Benefits
- Inexpensive and functionally versatile source of whey protein, lactose, and minerals from a single ingredient.
- Replaces more expensive dairy ingredients for applications such as dairy flavor, flavor enhancer, bulking agent and nutritional fortifiers providing consistency and clean ingredient declarations for your formulation.
- A traditional ice cream and frozen desert ingredient providing stability, excellent flavor, and consistency to your product.
- Delivers functional dairy solids to enhance browning in bakery applications, providing a perfect golden color for baked goods.
- Enhances dough development and improves loaf volume as a traditional bakery ingredient, supporting an irresistible crumb structure.
- Common, easy-to-disperse, free flowing carrier for powdered cheese blends, soups and gravies enhancing the handling properties for these and many other powdered products.
Applications
- Frozen desserts and ice cream
- Baked goods
- Soups, sauces, and gravies
- Processed cheese
- Confectionary
- Processed meats
- Animal nutrition
Packaging
- 50 lb (22.68 kg) multi-wall, kraft paper bag with polyethylene inner liner
- 2000lb bulk tote
Shelf life
365 days from date of manufacture if stored under recommended conditions
Available Certifications
Meet Our Application Specialist
Meet Our Application Specialist
Paulos Tesfe – Senior Scientist
Paulos holds dual degrees in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Minnesota. He has 20 years of experience in dairy processing and formulation of dairy fluid, processed cheese, natural cheese, and nutrition powder.
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Innovation Studio
At Leprino Nutrition, innovation is a mindset that is at the heart of what we do for our customers. More than a trusted nutrition ingredient supplier, we are a true partner, collaborating with each customer as an extension of their team to drive value beyond the exceptional quality of our ingredients. We invite customers to work with our Innovation Studio™ team of researchers, application experts, market analysts and strategists to bring their unique concepts to life or help them solve specific challenges.