Application of whey permeate

Whey permeate is used in wide range of industries:

• dairy industry
• bakery industry
• chocolate and confectionary industry
• instant soups and sauces
• seasoning and snacks
• vending mix and powder beverages
• as a filler for milk substitutes for calves
• pigs feed

There are several types of permeates, but whey permeate good solubility and a pleasant dairy flavor make formulator-friendly.

Nutrition supplements

⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in сhocolate and сonfectionary: Provides mild sweetness and a pleasant milky flavour. Acts as a flavour enhancer due to mineral content. Can be used at high concentration, providing more dairy bulking solid without excess sweetness.
⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in dairy: it is a natural dairy ingredient, ensuring a clean label. Especially useful where higher non-protein and non-fat solids are desired to add volume to powder. Acts as a flavour enhancer to other added flavours, like chocolate and vanilla.
⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in instant soups and sauces: Adds volume to powder products and blends well with other ingredients, acting as an enhancer for other flavours and spices. Binds volatile flavour components, resulting in less flavour loss during processing and storage. Very efficient browning agent, providing colour and burn sugar notes.
⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in seasoning and snacks: Adds volume to seasoning mix, which raises consumer appeal through highly visible seasoning. Enhances other dairy solids such as cheese or cream powder, yielding a milky flavour. Blends well with other ingredients in the seasoning and results in good adherence of the blend to, e.g. chips.
⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in vending mix and powder beverages: Acts as a dairy filler and sweet bulking agent, adding volume to powder. Adds sweet, milky flavours to the beverage. Provides a pleasant mouthfeel to drinks due to the mineral content, especially calcium.
⠀⠀Whey permeate is used in bakery: it caramelisation during baking, resulting in enhanced browning of the crust and contributing to toasted brown and burnt sugar notes. Provides a milky, sweet flavour to bread, cakes and cookies and acts as a flavour enhancer in custards, fillings and icing.

Food additive

⠀⠀Whey Permeate is a free flowing bulking agent, which dissolves fast. It has a high wettability and flows easily, making it ideal for use in applications such as instant soups, sauces, powder beverages, and seasoning.
⠀⠀Whey Permeate contains at least 85% lactose – this is the reason for its mild, appealing flavour. Whey Permeate has a sweet dairy flavour, making it ideal for applications such as chocolate and confectionary. Since it does not have the salty mineral flavour typical of other permeate products, it ensures optimum usage at a much higher dosage.
⠀⠀Whey Permeate can easily replace other, more expensive filler ingredients, such as pure lactose, whey powder, and others. Whey Permeate is a cost-efficient dairy replacer for lactose, sweet whey powder, and/or demineralised whey powder in many food applications.

Other applications

⠀⠀Whey permeate is the most cost-competitive source of dairy solids on the market. With its clean dairy flavour, milk and whey permeate can easily replace whey powder acrossg general food, beverage or feed applications. Whey permeate powder is free flowing and non-hygroscopic. Highly soluble and with a soft dairy taste, it can easily be used in chocolate, bakery or pastry applications.

Not right for everyone

⠀⠀Although whey permeate is safe for most people to consume, certain people should avoid it. Whey permeate isn’t appropriate for peeps with an allergy to cow’s milk proteins like casein and whey. Whey permeate contains at least 85% lactose, it can’t be used by people who are lactose intolerant. Not vegan-friendly. If you have an allergy to cow’s milk proteins or are following a vegan or dairy-free diet, you should avoid products that contain whey permeate.

SUMMARY:
Whey permeate may be used as a direct replacement of other dairy solids in many food applications, including: bakery products and pizza crust dough; confectionary products; as a replacement for sucrose or corn syrups; to reduce the level of salt in formulated products; and for fermentation.

Whey permeate is one of the popular food additives and ingredients in most countries. As a professional Whey permeate supplier and manufacturer, AGROCOMPLEX Sp. z o.o. has been exporting Whey permeate from Poland since 2000, so you can be confident in buying Whey permeate at Agrocomplex. Please feel free to email any inquiries and problems to info@agrocomplex.com.pl, we will reply to you within 1 working day.