Whey Every Aspect

Book excerpt: One third of whey produced all over the world is processed into whey powder. In accordance with TS 11860; sweet whey powder is defined as the product obtained by the fact that remaining liquid compound of which changes due to types of cheese and making technique after casein and fat are separated as curd during cheese making by use of rennet. In accordance with TS 11860; sour (acidic) whey powder is the product obtained by pulverizing liquid obtained filtering from precipitation, in accordance with technology, as a result of the fact that milk is precipitated by acid. Whey powder products are used in quite various areas in food industry; the most widely in order to aromatize foods. This property of whey powder is utilized in primarily nuts coatings (for example; popcorn, nacho, tortilla); pressed nuts, cheese based sauces, potato chips, salty flavours and salty biscuits. Use of whey powder provides production convenience in special bakery products such as pizza, biscuit and macaroni and in souffle and cake making. Foods produced within addition of whey powder can have same structure, taste-flavour and appearance as foods containing cheese. Whey powder is preferred to get used more rather than milk powder in biscuit sector because of economical reasons and preservation convenience.