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Whey & Co-products
Sweet whey, acid whey, permeate and the co-product streams that are either a disposal cost or an ingredients business.
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5 pieces on Whey & Co-products.
Acid whey is not the problem. The business model is.
Acid whey is a business-model failure, not a technical one; the value is real but stranded until processors design for a saleable co-product rather than a disposal problem.
18 August 2026
From whey stream to high-value ingredient
Integrated ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis let processors recover high-value whey protein while returning most process water to the plant.
16 June 2026
The whey forward 2026/27
UK and Irish producers who commit whey-processing capex before 2028 will capture premium margin for a decade, while those still exporting raw whey watch the value accrue elsewhere.
24 April 2026
Part 3 | from by-product to billion-euro asset
Ireland's whey advantage in functional nutrition rests on value extraction over volume, and sustaining it demands relentless investment in processing, research and talent.
13 January 2026
Removing steps, unlocking time: ZwitterCo Evolution membranes
ZwitterCo reports its anti-fouling Evolution membranes eliminate the enzyme cleaning step and cut CIP costs by more than half.
10 September 2025
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GROW by Dairy Connect
Is the plant leaving value on the table?
GROW's production optimisation work looks at yield, consistency, productivity and capacity from intake to dispatch, with named dairy specialists rather than generalists.