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Milk Proteins

What are Milk Proteins?

Milk proteins are made up of casein proteins and other proteins. There are four different types of casein proteins, and collectively they make up around 80% of the protein in cow's milk, by weight.

What is Milk Protein Isolate?

Milk Protein Isolate is a mixture of the two proteins found in milk which are whey and casein. This protein boasts a strong amino acid profile derived from both its whey and casein components. Since milk protein isolate contains whey and casein, it likely retains many of the functional properties of both whey and casein. [1]

What is Milk Protein Concentrate?

Milk Protein Concentrate is produced from skim milk by a series of processes that includes ultrafiltration, evaporation and drying. [1]



History

In 2002, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Kraft Foods that Velveeta was being sold with packaging that described it as a "Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread",[5] which the FDA claimed was misbranded because the product declared milk protein concentrate (MPC) in its ingredients listing. Velveeta is now sold in the US as a "Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product",[6] a term for which the FDA does not maintain a standard of identity, and which therefore may contain MPC. [1]

Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Milk Proteins


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Milk Proteins".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

Source(s) Derived From

 Animal Sources

  1. Milk protein concentrate - Wikipedia

Natural or Artificial?

 Natural

References

 Milk protein concentrate - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)


 Goats Milk Protein Concentrate
Isolated Milk Protein
Milk Mineral Concentrate
Milk Protein
Milk Protein Concentrate
Milk Protein Isolate

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  • Natural & Possibly Unsafe
  • Artificial
  • Artificial & Possibly Unsafe
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources)
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources) & Possibly Unsafe

Revision History

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Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchAugust 31, 2011 @ 5:35 PM

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