What I don’t understand is why the excess whey isn’t already used primarily as animal feed instead of being dumped down the drain. Did you come across any reason for this? My first guess would be that many of the smaller operations don’t have the equipment or capacity to store or process whey.
If this is the case, it seems likely that increasing human consumption of whey could just raise the price of the product. This could potentially even divert supply from the market for animal feed. My initial thought is that “recycling” the product back into animal ag could be more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Instead of shipping, processing, and packaging it for individual consumption it could be ordered in bulk for animal feed (which also has fewer processing/regulatory requirements). Curious about your thoughts on this as my arguments here are mostly speculative.
What I don’t understand is why the excess whey isn’t already used primarily as animal feed instead of being dumped down the drain. Did you come across any reason for this? My first guess would be that many of the smaller operations don’t have the equipment or capacity to store or process whey.
If this is the case, it seems likely that increasing human consumption of whey could just raise the price of the product. This could potentially even divert supply from the market for animal feed. My initial thought is that “recycling” the product back into animal ag could be more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Instead of shipping, processing, and packaging it for individual consumption it could be ordered in bulk for animal feed (which also has fewer processing/regulatory requirements). Curious about your thoughts on this as my arguments here are mostly speculative.
I’m already learning so much just from reading through some of what you shared. Thank you for replying!