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Lactose is seeking groundbreaking technologies capable of unlocking the full potential of lactose (including lactose, whey permeate, and de-lactose permeate/mother liquor), transcending its current commoditized state. This may encompass processes that convert lactose into highly sought-after compounds, the creation of high-value products that incorporate lactose or its derivatives, and the innovation of novel derivatives accompanied by scalable production methods and promising market prospects.
Solutions of interest:
- Applications for galactose or galactose-derived products
- Applications for lactobionic acid and/or its salts
- Applications for lactose-based hydrogels
- Applications for lactose-based ingredients (e.g., cosmetics, medical applications, etc.
- Applications for lactulose
- Applications for polylactose
- Bioactive compounds for food preservation
- Chemical, mechanical, enzymatic, electrochemcial conversion of lactose to compounds of interest in materials and polymer chemistry.
- Fermentation of lactose into value-added compounds (i.e., materials/polymer chemistry)
- Functional additives for industrial coatings
- Use of lactose derivatives to replace ingredients used in ultra-processed foods
Must-have requirements:
- For a new market opportunity, the potential to utilize a minimum of 13,000 tonnes (~28.6 million pounds) of lactose or lactose-derivatives per year
- For process-based solutions, demonstration of technical feasibility (lab-scale validation or pilot data)
- For process-based solutions, the potential for scalable production
- In your proposed solution lactose should have a differentiated advantage over other cheap carbohydrates (i.e., glucose)
What's out of scope:
- Ethanol production applications
- Galacto-oligosaccharides
- Poly-lactic acid
- Traditional dairy applications (e.g., lactose-free products