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USA: Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) Production
This page contains:
  • a chart illustrating production trends over the last three years.
  • a table that reports the WPC Production trend over the past years;
  • a comparison graph between Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) Price and Production in the U.S.;
  • two links that display WPC Production distinguished by typology;
  • a comparison graph between Lactose, WPC and Dry Whey production, represented in pound unit.
Click here to display WPC Stocks.
USA Total Production of
Whey Protein Concentrate  ('000 lb)
Month 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ± % vs prev.
month** 		± % on
2016 		± % on
2015
January 36.042 35.177 34.765 34.871 38.845 39.262 44.325 44.061 42.602 40.161 +2,84% -5,73% -8,85%
February 34.413 32.340 31.417 32.701 35.064 36.941 42.165 38.365 39.780 36.064 -0,58% -9,34% -6,00%
March 38.048 35.259 37.775 36.809 41.433 41.742 45.076 42.234 41.851 42.338 +6,04% +1,16% +0,25%
April 38.199 32.971 36.265 34.668 39.077 40.396 46.127 42.375 39.030 42.890 +4,68% +9,89% +1,22%
May 38.806 34.705 36.811 36.669 38.417 43.391 46.630 43.812 39.349 41.749 -5,80% +6,10% -4,71%
June 36.294 34.572 35.307 36.292 39.942 41.501 43.871 39.307 38.036
July 38.545 35.221 36.441 34.683 35.590 40.265 44.876 41.736 38.437
August 36.573 35.284 35.142 35.248 36.804 39.461 44.945 39.380 35.665
September 34.830 34.810 36.005 35.571 37.469 39.386 41.621 37.474 36.745
October 37.619 35.830 35.583 37.323 38.627 45.542 46.972 41.302 38.060
November 35.541 34.061 34.952 36.818 37.735 43.194 46.066 40.137 39.268
December 37.799 34.785 37.447 39.285 40.471 46.567 47.428 42.766 39.053
Jan-May 185.508 170.452 177.033 175.718 192.836 201.732 224.323 210.847 202.612 203.202
% previous ¹ +12,37% -8,12% +3,86% -0,74% +9,74% +4,61% +11,20% -6,01% -3,91% +0,29%
Total Year 442.709 415.015 427.910 430.938 459.474 497.648 540.102 492.949 467.876
% previous +12,48% -6,26% +3,11% +0,71% +6,62% +8,31% +8,53% -8,73% -5,09%
Last Update: 2017-07-07
1) change from the same period of previous year
**: Adjusted for months of 30 days (Ex. The calculation of the production change of June compared to May is obtained by considering [June production] compared to [May production : 31 x 30])
Source: USDA

Display the WPC Production
distinguished in 25-49,9% and 50-89,9%

Display the WPC Production
distinguished in Animal Use and Human Use