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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 7,92 85 6.3
Semi-hard cheeses 10,66 85 6.3
Soft cheeses 13,31 85 6.3
Fresh cheeses 15,08 85 6.3
Source: Processed by Clal
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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY ALL CHEESES - YEAR 2019
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 107.161 954.082 810.970 51.091
Valle d'Aosta 3.051 27.758 23.594 1.486
Liguria 572 4.585 3.897 246
Lombardia 469.413 4.305.537 3.659.706 230.561
Trentino Alto Adige 47.116 401.942 341.651 21.524
Veneto 133.832 1.303.916 1.108.329 69.825
Friuli Venezia Giulia 25.775 197.240 167.654 10.562
Emilia Romagna 185.562 2.116.283 1.798.840 113.327
Toscana 26.886 239.857 203.878 12.844
Umbria 7.927 58.228 49.494 3.118
Marche 22.919 160.823 136.700 8.612
Lazio 24.125 176.855 150.327 9.471
Abruzzo 4.465 33.760 28.696 1.808
Molise 22.345 151.576 128.840 8.117
Campania 89.245 615.063 522.804 32.937
Puglia 63.811 447.514 380.387 23.964
Basilicata 4.063 29.860 25.381 1.599
Calabria 15.457 113.424 96.410 6.074
Sicilia 16.387 147.358 125.254 7.891
Sardegna 57.219 667.980 567.783 35.770
TOTAL ITALY 1.327.329 12.153.641 10.330.594 650.827
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY HARD CHEESES - YEAR 2019
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 30.137 380.514 323.437 20.377
Valle d'Aosta 27 337 287 18
Liguria 50 630 536 34
Lombardia 166.604 2.103.587 1.788.049 112.647
Trentino Alto Adige 12.278 155.020 131.767 8.301
Veneto 60.220 760.351 646.298 40.717
Friuli Venezia Giulia 2.811 35.490 30.166 1.900
Emilia Romagna 146.098 1.844.670 1.567.970 98.782
Toscana 10.060 127.023 107.969 6.802
Umbria 626 7.900 6.715 423
Marche 969 12.235 10.400 655
Lazio 2.249 28.396 24.137 1.521
Abruzzo 581 7.336 6.235 393
Molise 4 51 43 3
Campania 380 4.801 4.080 257
Puglia 895 11.299 9.604 605
Basilicata 41 521 443 28
Calabria 1.109 14.004 11.903 750
Sicilia 5.747 72.559 61.675 3.886
Sardegna 46.997 593.398 504.388 31.776
TOTAL ITALY 487.882 6.160.122 5.236.104 329.875
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY SEMI-HARD CHEESES - YEAR 2019
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 3.333 31.267 26.577 1.674
Valle d'Aosta 2.571 24.122 20.504 1.292
Liguria 129 1.207 1.026 65
Lombardia 50.860 477.107 405.541 25.549
Trentino Alto Adige 5.243 49.185 41.807 2.634
Veneto 14.131 132.563 112.678 7.099
Friuli Venezia Giulia 719 6.741 5.730 361
Emilia Romagna 135 1.269 1.079 68
Toscana 253 2.369 2.013 127
Umbria 293 2.752 2.339 147
Marche 1.004 9.421 8.008 505
Lazio 948 8.889 7.556 476
Abruzzo 84 789 671 42
Molise 1.182 11.087 9.424 594
Campania 7.400 69.417 59.004 3.717
Puglia 6.487 60.856 51.727 3.259
Basilicata 957 8.980 7.633 481
Calabria 1.408 13.207 11.226 707
Sicilia 1.028 9.646 8.199 517
Sardegna 1.216 11.407 9.696 611
TOTAL ITALY 99.381 932.282 792.440 49.924
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY SOFT CHEESES - YEAR 2019
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 60.818 456.933 388.393 24.469
Valle d'Aosta 332 2.497 2.123 134
Liguria 156 1.174 998 63
Lombardia 61.342 460.869 391.739 24.680
Trentino Alto Adige 1.684 12.650 10.752 677
Veneto 18.787 141.150 119.977 7.559
Friuli Venezia Giulia 8.498 63.848 54.271 3.419
Emilia Romagna 10.824 81.325 69.126 4.355
Toscana 642 4.824 4.101 258
Umbria 1.252 9.408 7.997 504
Marche 308 2.312 1.965 124
Lazio 894 6.716 5.709 360
Abruzzo 493 3.704 3.148 198
Molise 146 1.095 930 59
Campania 708 5.322 4.523 285
Puglia 1.316 9.890 8.407 530
Basilicata 39 295 250 16
Calabria 461 3.460 2.941 185
Sicilia 1.603 12.041 10.234 645
Sardegna 3.916 29.423 25.010 1.576
TOTAL ITALY 174.219 1.308.935 1.112.594 70.093
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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WHEY POWDER VOLUMES (TONS) OBTAINED
BY FRESH CHEESES - YEAR 2019
Region  Cheese production  Milk Equivalent   Whey obtained  Whey powder obtained 
Piemonte 12.874 85.368 72.563 4.571
Valle d'Aosta 121 801 681 43
Liguria 237 1.573 1.337 84
Lombardia 190.607 1.263.973 1.074.377 67.686
Trentino Alto Adige 27.911 185.088 157.324 9.911
Veneto 40.694 269.853 229.375 14.451
Friuli Venezia Giulia 13.747 91.160 77.486 4.882
Emilia Romagna 28.504 189.019 160.666 10.122
Toscana 15.931 105.641 89.795 5.657
Umbria 5.756 38.167 32.442 2.044
Marche 20.638 136.855 116.327 7.329
Lazio 20.034 132.853 112.925 7.114
Abruzzo 3.307 21.932 18.642 1.174
Molise 21.013 139.344 118.442 7.462
Campania 80.757 535.525 455.196 28.677
Puglia 55.113 365.469 310.649 19.571
Basilicata 3.026 20.064 17.054 1.074
Calabria 12.479 82.753 70.340 4.431
Sicilia 8.009 53.111 45.145 2.844
Sardegna 5.090 33.753 28.690 1.807
TOTAL ITALY 565.847 3.752.301 3.189.456 200.936
Source: Data processed by Clal on ISTAT source


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