Lactose Ingredients
Leprino Nutrition is a global leader in lactose production, providing high-quality lactose ingredients for infant nutrition, food and beverage manufacturing, and nutraceutical applications. Sourced from sweet whey from our mozzarella cheese production, our lactose delivers the quality and consistency manufacturers need across a wide range of formulations.
Depending on the application, lactose can provide mild sweetness, support texture and viscosity, enhance browning during cooking and baking, or serve as an excipient in tablet and capsule formulations. Explore our lactose portfolio below to find the right dairy protein ingredient for your application.
Why Choose Leprino Nutrition for Lactose Ingredients?
For manufacturers looking for a reliable lactose ingredient supplier, quality and consistency matter from one production run to the next. Leprino Nutrition’s lactose is sourced from the sweet whey created through our mozzarella cheese production, giving us control over the ingredient from its source through finished production.
As the world’s largest manufacturer of lactose, Leprino Nutrition combines extensive dairy expertise with the scale to support customers around the globe. Our lactose portfolio is backed by rigorous quality controls, while our Innovation Studio gives customers access to technical and application support when bringing ingredients into new or existing products.
Whether the need is infant-grade, food-grade, or nutraceutical lactose, our goal is simple: deliver dependable ingredients and work alongside our customers to help them succeed.
Learn more about The Leprino Nutrition Advantage.
Produtos disponíveis
Explore our available lactose ingredients below to compare product benefits, applications, packaging, and quality standards.
Lactose infantil de grau
Lactose is refined, crystallized 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.
Benefícios
- Leprino combina micro-métodos sensíveis com limites microbiológicos rigorosos que satisfazem os requisitos rigorosos dos alimentos para bebés.
- Os níveis de contaminantes e metais pesados são monitorizados regularmente para garantir a manutenção dos nossos elevados padrões de fabrico.
- Especificações rigorosas para a cor e zero queimaduras visíveis garantem que não terá problemas em misturar a nossa lactose com outros pós, conduzindo a um produto final consistente e de alta qualidade.
- Capacidade de produzir padrões de mistura húmida e seca.
Aplicações
- Fórmula infantil em pó
- Fórmula infantil RTD
- Seguir na fórmula em pó
- Seguir a fórmula RTD
- Cultivo de leite
Embalagem
- Saco de papel kraft de 20 kg (44,1 lb.) ou 25 kg (55,1 lb.) de parede múltipla,
saco de papel kraft com revestimento interior de polietileno ou
saco de 900 kg a granel.
Vida útil
- 730 dias a partir da data de fabrico, se armazenado nas condições recomendadas.
Certificações disponíveis
Lactose
A lactose é o açúcar refinado e cristalizado do leite obtido a partir do soro de leite doce. Proveniente do queijo mozzarella, a nossa lactose fornece um pó altamente consistente e de alta qualidade que satisfaz uma vasta gama de necessidades nutricionais e funcionais.
Benefícios
- Sendo moderadamente doce, a lactose pode ser utilizada para reduzir a doçura global, mantendo a mesma quantidade de sólidos edulcorantes, o que a torna uma óptima ferramenta para o desenvolvimento de produtos.
- A lactose é de fluxo livre e dispersa-se e dissolve-se facilmente, o que a torna um agente de volume ideal e um construtor de viscosidade.
- Como açúcar redutor, a lactose irá melhorar o desenvolvimento da cor durante a cozedura a altas temperaturas e a cozedura através da reacção de escurecimento Maillard.
- Barata e funcionalmente versátil, a lactose tem demonstrado sucesso num sortido de produtos e aplicações.
Aplicações
- Confeitaria
- Misturas secas, misturas e condimentos
- Produtos de panificação
- Sopas e molhos
- Sobremesas congeladas
Embalagem
- Saco de papel kraft de paredes múltiplas de 25 kg (55,1 lb.) com revestimento interior de polietileno ou saco a granel de 900 kg.
Vida útil
730 dias a partir da data de fabrico, se armazenado nas condições recomendadas.
Certificações disponíveis
Segmentos aplicáveis para ingrediente
Lactose de nutracêutico
Nutraceutical Lactose is produced by concentrating whey permeate, crystallizing, purifying, refining, drying, and milling the lactose crystals. It is produced under strict quality programs and meets the requirements of the United States, Europe, and Japan.
Benefícios
- Produzido a partir da nossa mozzarella, o soro de leite doce assegura uma cor consistente que excede os requisitos de cor da farmacopeia para a lactose.
- Refinado, purificado e moído para produzir partículas de fluxo livre e consistentes que proporcionam a consistência necessária para o fabrico eficiente de comprimidos.
- Produzido numa instalação registada no SQF seguindo as práticas de fabrico NSF/IPEC/ANSI 363 garantindo a mais alta qualidade e consistência na produção e fornecimento.
Aplicações
- Diluentes em comprimidos
- Agente de enchimento em formulações em cápsulas
Embalagem
- Saco de papel kraft de paredes múltiplas de 25 kg (55,12 lb.) com revestimento interior de polietileno ou saco a granel de 900 kg.
Vida útil
- 730 dias a partir da data de fabrico, se armazenado nas condições recomendadas.
Certificações disponíveis
Lactose Ingredients for Specialized Nutrition and Food Applications
Nutrição de adultos
Lactose can be used in adult nutrition formulations where manufacturers need a versatile dairy-derived protein ingredient that contributes mild sweetness, solids, and functional properties without overwhelming the finished flavor profile. Leprino’s dairy protein ingredients can support a range of food and nutrition applications designed for adult consumers.
Explore our Adult Nutrition solutions.
Nutrição Esportiva
Lactose can support a variety of sports nutrition formulations where mild sweetness, ingredient solids, and functional performance are important. Leprino Nutrition Lactose can be incorporated into products such as powdered nutrition mixes and other formulated foods where its dispersibility and moderate sweetness help support the finished product.
Explore our Sports Nutrition solutions.
Infant and Early Life Nutrition
Leprino Nutrition has provided dairy protein ingredients for early life nutrition for more than 30 years. Our Infant Grade Lactose is manufactured to meet stringent infant-grade food requirements, with controls around microbiological limits, contaminants and heavy metals, color, and visible burn.
These standards support consistent blending and finished-product quality across applications, including powdered and ready-to-drink infant formula, follow-on formula, and growing-up milk.
Explore our Early Life Nutrition solutions.
Food and Beverage Applications
Lactose is a versatile dairy protein ingredient for commercial food development. Its moderate sweetness can help formulators manage overall sweetness while maintaining sweetener solids, while its ability to disperse and dissolve makes it useful as a bulking agent and viscosity builder. As a reducing sugar, lactose can also support color development during high-temperature cooking and baking through the Maillard browning reaction.
Leprino Nutrition Lactose can be used in applications including confectionery, baked goods, dry mixes, frozen desserts, soups, and sauces.
Explore our Commercial / CPG Food & Beverage solutions.
Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Excipient Applications
For nutraceutical manufacturing, Leprino Nutrition offers excipient-grade Nutraceutical Lactose that is refined, purified, and milled to deliver consistent particles. The ingredient is produced under strict quality programs and is designed for use as a diluent in tablet manufacturing or a filling agent in capsule formulations.
Explore our Medical / Nutraceutical ingredient solutions.
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Michael French - Engenheiro sénior
Michael holds a BS degree in Agriculture Education from California State University, Fresno. With over 15 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.
O nosso estúdio de inovação - O que nos distingue
Compromisso - Disposto a investir tempo e recursossignificativos para alcançar o sucesso da inovação partilhada
Colaboração - Apaixonado pela resolução de problemas e desafios de inovaçãodifíceis , lado a lado com a sua equipa
Dairy and protein application knowledge – Able to provide specific, science-backed, hands-on guidance to smoothly transition our dairy protein ingredients into your end products
Urgency – Able to leverage our pilot plant to test new dairy protein ingredients, applications, and processes efficiently, giving you key insights to accelerate product development
Frequently Asked Questions About Lactose Ingredients
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