Agropur USA, Eden Prairie, Minn., is the first recipient of the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation, a new competition from the American Dairy Products Institute and Dairy Foods. The magazine will present the award to Agropur at ADPI’s annual meeting in Chicago in April.
A panel of judges representing ADPI and this magazine selected Agropur for its development of glycomacropeptide, also known as GMP. It is a casein-derived protein fraction that becomes part of the soluble serum proteins during cheesemaking. Almost all commercially available whey protein concentrates (WPCs) and isolates (WPIs) contain GMP as part of the total protein.