Whey protein is a term that is frequently used in describing a group of bulbous proteins that are separated from whey. What is whey? The water like liquid in milk that separates from the solid part of the milk when it has curdled. When cow's milk is used to manufacture cheese, it also produces whey, which is sometimes discarded. It is a mixture of lactoglobulin, serum albumin and alpha-lactalbumin.

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