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whey

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006801

The portion of milk remaining after the fat and casein (curd) have been removed. It contains about 93.5% water and 6.5% lactose, protein, minerals, enzymes, water-soluble vitamins and traces of fat.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006801
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsmilk serum
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsowhey products
TranslationsSpanish: suero
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006801",
  "term": "whey",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The portion of milk remaining after the fat and casein (curd) have been removed. It contains about 93.5% water and 6.5% lactose, protein, minerals, enzymes, water-soluble vitamins and traces of fat.",
  "synonyms": [
    "milk serum"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "whey products"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "suero"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/whey/"
}

Record 6,801 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.