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Abstract I Wl’EODUCTION Cheese whey which results as a by-product at the Egyptian public sector Dairies, amounts to about 118.8 thousand tons as reported by the Chamber of food Industries (1985). The respective international figure given by Dewit and Deboar (1975) amounts to 74 million tons of the dairy by-product. It is well known that about 50% of milk solids are lost in cheese whey. The utilization of whey solids for human consumption is very limited till now in Egypt due to its flat flavour. Christensen (1976) mentioned that the whey is becoming a by-product of an increasing importance in USA dairy industry. It contains approximately 93% water, 5.1% lactose, 0.9% protein, 0.5% ash and 0.3% milk fat. So, the development of the technology to produce new whey products for the advancement of its marketing and uses; with a very low prices, two types of milk preparations fermented by mixture of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts have had a wide acceptance in Eastern Europe and western Asia such as kefir. Kefir is made by many tribes under a variety of |