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"Every year, 7.6 million tonnes of food is lost or wasted in Australia. When we
think about this, we might picture mouldy fruit, stale bread and overly full
fridges. But in fact, almost half of this waste happens before food ever gets
to us. Waste is common in food production, processing and transportation.
For example, the process of making cheese from milk results in a comparatively
small amount of cheese and a lot of whey – up to 90% the mass of the raw milk.
Whey is useful, as it still has about half the nutrients of milk. But whey
remains one of the largest sources of food loss and waste in Australia’s large
dairy sector. Every year, about 350 million litres goes down the drain, costing
businesses over A$580 million to dispose of it and wasting some of the
resources it takes to make milk.
In our new research, we interviewed cheesemakers from 42 companies –
representing almost a third of Australia’s cheese industry.
We found cheesemakers knew what waste whey could be used for but were put off
by practical challenges."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
