Membrane Processes for Whey Proteins Separation and Purification. A Review

Background: Whey is a valuable by-product obtained from cheese manufacture and employed as a source of proteins that present remarkable potential in food or pharmaceutical industries. Although chromatography is the common method to isolate whey proteins at preparative scale, it reports some disadvantages like its high operational cost. Keywords: Whey proteins, membrane chromatography, ultrafiltration, electrical field, charged membranes, membrane contactor.