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ITALY: WHEY POWDER from Cheese (Regions)

This page provides with the approximate Whey output (in liquid and powder form) obtained by the Cheeses produced in Italy.

The Whey in liquid form can be used for:
  • animal feed
  • producing Whey Powder (Whey Powder for animal feed and food products)
  • producing further by-products such as: Ricotta, Edible Lactose, Liquid Permeate, Whey Protein Concentrate.
The analysis takes into consideration liquid whey volumes obtained by all type of cheeses (hard, semi-hard, soft and fresh): here below the table containing conversion coefficients used for calculation.

Further below there are tables and charts showing the annual Whey quantity breakdown by Italian Regions and cheese typology (hard, semi-hard, soft and fresh).

To check data by geographical area (North, Middle and South) please click here
 
Product Cheese Yield per
100 Kg of milk
Kg of Whey obtained
da 100 kg of milk
Kg of Whey Powder obtained
by 100 kg of Liquid Whey
Hard cheeses 8,01 85 6.3
Semi-hard cheeses 10,63 85 6.3
Soft cheeses 13,35 85 6.3
Fresh cheeses 15,14 85 6.3
Source: Processed by Clal
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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY ALL CHEESES - YEAR 2018
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 107.819 946.714 804.707 50.697
Valle d'Aosta 2.467 22.368 19.013 1.198
Liguria 440 4.112 3.496 220
Lombardia 471.513 4.238.432 3.602.667 226.968
Trentino Alto Adige 44.353 375.359 319.055 20.100
Veneto 126.876 1.221.242 1.038.056 65.398
Friuli Venezia Giulia 22.567 174.566 148.381 9.348
Emilia Romagna 184.555 2.098.279 1.783.538 112.363
Toscana 29.674 271.344 230.642 14.530
Umbria 7.716 56.718 48.210 3.037
Marche 21.205 148.516 126.239 7.953
Lazio 25.049 181.604 154.363 9.725
Abruzzo 3.617 29.029 24.675 1.555
Molise 19.580 132.786 112.868 7.111
Campania 93.454 641.417 545.204 34.348
Puglia 55.969 384.305 326.659 20.580
Basilicata 3.882 28.017 23.815 1.500
Calabria 12.762 92.170 78.345 4.936
Sicilia 15.206 133.722 113.664 7.161
Sardegna 59.332 703.259 597.770 37.660
TOTAL ITALY 1.308.035 11.883.960 10.101.366 636.386
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY HARD CHEESES - YEAR 2018
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 29.681 370.554 314.971 19.843
Valle d'Aosta 24 297 253 16
Liguria 131 1.639 1.393 88
Lombardia 156.364 1.952.106 1.659.290 104.535
Trentino Alto Adige 11.806 147.385 125.277 7.892
Veneto 55.710 695.506 591.180 37.244
Friuli Venezia Giulia 3.035 37.884 32.201 2.029
Emilia Romagna 148.407 1.852.767 1.574.852 99.216
Toscana 12.511 156.189 132.760 8.364
Umbria 647 8.077 6.866 433
Marche 922 11.504 9.779 616
Lazio 2.035 25.406 21.595 1.360
Abruzzo 789 9.848 8.371 527
Molise 3 39 33 2
Campania 506 6.317 5.370 338
Puglia 982 12.265 10.425 657
Basilicata 26 323 275 17
Calabria 863 10.772 9.156 577
Sicilia 4.356 54.386 46.228 2.912
Sardegna 51.724 645.742 548.880 34.579
TOTAL ITALY 480.520 5.999.004 5.099.153 321.247
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY SEMI-HARD CHEESES - YEAR 2018
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 2.980 28.038 23.832 1.501
Valle d'Aosta 2.001 18.824 16.000 1.008
Liguria 104 974 828 52
Lombardia 52.769 496.417 421.954 26.583
Trentino Alto Adige 4.117 38.727 32.918 2.074
Veneto 14.474 136.162 115.738 7.291
Friuli Venezia Giulia 499 4.691 3.988 251
Emilia Romagna 125 1.180 1.003 63
Toscana 366 3.438 2.923 184
Umbria 299 2.810 2.388 150
Marche 970 9.121 7.753 488
Lazio 1.035 9.738 8.278 521
Abruzzo 106 999 849 53
Molise 997 9.375 7.969 502
Campania 7.156 67.320 57.222 3.605
Puglia 2.837 26.692 22.689 1.429
Basilicata 767 7.211 6.129 386
Calabria 903 8.497 7.222 455
Sicilia 2.166 20.376 17.320 1.091
Sardegna 1.251 11.766 10.001 630
TOTAL ITALY 95.921 902.357 767.003 48.321
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY SOFT CHEESES - YEAR 2018
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 58.385 437.338 371.737 23.419
Valle d'Aosta 367 2.749 2.337 147
Liguria 164 1.225 1.042 66
Lombardia 64.229 481.116 408.949 25.764
Trentino Alto Adige 1.650 12.360 10.506 662
Veneto 17.074 127.896 108.711 6.849
Friuli Venezia Giulia 7.084 53.062 45.103 2.841
Emilia Romagna 7.225 54.120 46.002 2.898
Toscana 870 6.517 5.539 349
Umbria 1.259 9.431 8.016 505
Marche 362 2.711 2.304 145
Lazio 1.455 10.897 9.262 584
Abruzzo 231 1.733 1.473 93
Molise 735 5.505 4.679 295
Campania 1.269 9.503 8.077 509
Puglia 1.021 7.644 6.498 409
Basilicata 86 647 550 35
Calabria 311 2.333 1.983 125
Sicilia 1.812 13.573 11.537 727
Sardegna 4.246 31.804 27.033 1.703
TOTAL ITALY 169.834 1.272.163 1.081.339 68.124
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY FRESH CHEESES - YEAR 2018
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 16.773 110.785 94.167 5.933
Valle d'Aosta 75 498 423 27
Liguria 42 274 233 15
Lombardia 198.151 1.308.793 1.112.474 70.086
Trentino Alto Adige 26.781 176.887 150.354 9.472
Veneto 39.618 261.679 222.427 14.013
Friuli Venezia Giulia 11.950 78.928 67.089 4.227
Emilia Romagna 28.798 190.213 161.681 10.186
Toscana 15.927 105.200 89.420 5.633
Umbria 5.511 36.400 30.940 1.949
Marche 18.952 125.180 106.403 6.703
Lazio 20.524 135.563 115.228 7.259
Abruzzo 2.490 16.449 13.982 881
Molise 17.845 117.867 100.187 6.312
Campania 84.523 558.277 474.536 29.896
Puglia 51.128 337.703 287.048 18.084
Basilicata 3.003 19.836 16.861 1.062
Calabria 10.684 70.569 59.984 3.779
Sicilia 6.872 45.387 38.579 2.430
Sardegna 2.112 13.948 11.856 747
TOTAL ITALY 561.760 3.710.436 3.153.871 198.694
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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