Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2009
The development of the factory-cheese industry in this, and other countries, is handicapped by the wastage of the by-product. In Great Britain alone, approximately 20,000,000 gallons of whey are produced annually by cheese factories(i), and most of it is thrown down the drains. When it is considered that whey, which constitutes half the valuable food material of milk, is so wasted, the development of the industry to even its present dimensions is a matter for surprise.