Lactose
Leprino Foods is the global leader in lactose production, trusted by top brands in infant formula, food manufacturing, and nutraceuticals for our superior quality, consistency, and reliability. Lactose enhances texture, improves shelf life, and provides a mild sweetness, making it an essential ingredient in many applications, including confectionery, baked goods, infant formulas, soups, sauces, seasonings, and pharmaceutical excipients.
Available Products
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Infant Grade Lactose
Lactose is refined, crystalized milk sugar obtained from sweet whey. Sourced from mozzarella cheese, our lactose delivers a highly consistent, high-quality powder that is manufactured to meet stringent infant-grade food requirements.
Benefits
- Leprino combines sensitive micro methods with uncompromising microbiological limits that meet stringent infant-grade food requirements.
- Contaminant and heavy metal levels are routinely monitored to ensure that our high manufacturing standards are maintained.
- Strict specifications for color and zero visible burn ensure that you’ll have no issues blending our lactose with other powders, leading to a consistent, high-quality finished product.
- Ability to produce wet and dry blend standards.
Applications
- Infant formula powder
- Infant formula RTD
- Follow on formula powder
- Follow on formula RTD
- Growing up milk
Packaging
- 44.1 lb. (20 kg) or 55.1 lb. (25kg) multiwall,
kraft paper bag with polyethylene inner liner or
900 kg bulk tote.
Shelf Life
- 730 days from the date of manufacture if stored under recommended conditions.
Available Certifications
Lactose
Lactose is the refined, crystallized milk sugar obtained from sweet whey. Sourced from mozzarella cheese, our lactose delivers a highly consistent, high-quality powder that fulfills a wide range of nutritional and functional needs.
Benefits
- Being moderately sweet, lactose can be used to reduce overall sweetness while maintaining the same amount of sweetener solids, making it a great tool for product development.
- Lactose is free-flowing and easily disperses and dissolves, making it an ideal bulking agent and viscosity builder.
- As a reducing sugar, lactose will enhance color development during high- temperature cooking and baking via the Maillard browning reaction.
- Inexpensive and functionally versatile, lactose has demonstrated success in an assortment of products and applications.
Applications
- Confectionery
- Dry mixes, blends, and seasonings
- Baked goods
- Soups and sauces
- Frozen desserts
Packaging
- 55.1 lb. (25 kg) multi-wall, kraft paper bag with polyethylene inner liner or 900 kg bulk tote.
Shelf Life
730 days from the date of manufacture if stored under recommended conditions.
Available Certifications
Applicable Segments for Ingredient
Nutraceutical Lactose
Leprino’s nutraceutical lactose is produced by concentrating whey permeate, crystallizing it, and then purifying, refining, drying, and milling the lactose crystals. It is produced under strict quality
programs, meeting requirements of the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
Benefits
- Produced from our mozzarella, sweet whey ensures a consistent color that exceeds the pharmacopeia color requirements for lactose.
- Refined, purified, and milled to produce free-flowing and consistent particles that will deliver the consistency needed for efficient tablet manufacturing.
- Produced in an SQF-registered facility following NSF/IPEC/ANSI 363 manufacturing practices guaranteeing the highest quality and consistency in production and supply.
Applications
- Diluents in tablets
- Filling agent in capsule formulations
Packaging
- 55.12 lb. (25 kg) multi-wall, kraft paper bag with polyethylene inner liner or 900 kg bulk tote.
Shelf Life
- 730 days from the date of manufacture if stored under recommended conditions.
Available Certifications
Meet our application specialist
Meet our application specialist
Michael French – Senior Engineer
Michael holds a BS degree in Agriculture Education from California State University, Fresno. With over 12 years of experience in the dairy industry, he has excelled at Leprino in roles spanning Operations, Tech Services, and R&D. Additionally, he is Dairy Nutrition Pro certified through the Leprino Foods Master Nutrition Program.
Our Innovation Studio – What Sets Us Apart
Commitment – Willing to invest significant time and resources to achieve shared innovation success
Collaboration – Passionate about problem-solving tough innovation challenges side-by-side with your team
Dairy and protein application knowledge – Able to provide specific, science-backed, hands-on guidance to smoothly transition our ingredients into your end products
Urgency – Able to leverage our pilot plant to test new ingredients, applications, and processes efficiently, giving you key insights to accelerate product development