Major expansion is underway at Glanbia Ingredients Inc.'s whey processing facility in Gooding, Idaho, as the firm seeks to satisfy growing demand for the protein derivative lactoferrin.
The plant has extracted lactoferrin from cheese whey since 1997, one of only a handful of facilities worldwide to do so. Demand for the bioactive milk protein got a boost last fall when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of lactoferrin as an antimicrobial treatment in meat processing.