In the past, beverage companies primarily delivered great-tasting products that quenched thirst. However, this trend is shifting as consumers are moving towards healthy beverage options, especially beverages that provide additional protein.
As a result, protein-rich dairy-based ingredients are used by beverage developers to formulate unique nutritional and functional beverages. This has increased the demand for milk-protein-based dairy ingredients such as whey protein concentrate (WPC), whey protein isolate (WPI), whey protein hydrolysate (WPH), milk protein concentrates (MPC), milk protein isolates (MPI), and micellar casein concentrate (MCC).