The 'LIFE-Valorlact' project is developing new food prototypes using whey from cheese-making dairies
AZTI's Food Research Unit has managed to obtain a series of food prototypes using whey produced by cheese-making dairies, which allows a commercial outlet to be provided for an organic product that is routinely treated as waste and which could end up causing pollution if it is not properly disposed of. The NEIKER R&D centre has likewise produced various animal feed prototypes which contain between 6% and 12% of whey in their composition. This research comes within the framework of the 'Valorlact' project funded by the European Commission's Life+ Programme. This programme aims to stop the whey produced in cheese-making dairies being regarded as a waste product and to encourage its incorporation into the food chain, which means a new business opportunity for the cheese-making and foodstuff production sectors.