: the watery part of milk that is separated from the coagulable part or curd especially in the process of making cheese and that is rich in lactose, minerals, and vitamins and contains lactalbumin and traces of fat
Examples of whey in a Sentence
The curd has separated from the whey.
Recent Examples on the Web
This powder has a short list of ingredients, including only whey protein isolate and sunflower lecithin for emulsification.
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 20 June 2024
Barring any midnight phone calls, Salinas usually awakes each morning around 4 a.m., dresses, mixes a shake of kale, spinach, berries, whey protein and apples and pours black coffee into a Yeti tumbler.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Any ideas? -David Clarey Cheese curds In Milwaukee, seemingly every component of the gooey globules known as cheese curds — pieces of young cheese that during the cheesemaking process become separated from the whey — is as malleable as the cheddar itself.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
But what about the whey, the other type of milk protein?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 20 June 2024
Barring any midnight phone calls, Salinas usually awakes each morning around 4 a.m., dresses, mixes a shake of kale, spinach, berries, whey protein and apples and pours black coffee into a Yeti tumbler.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Any ideas? -David Clarey Cheese curds In Milwaukee, seemingly every component of the gooey globules known as cheese curds — pieces of young cheese that during the cheesemaking process become separated from the whey — is as malleable as the cheddar itself.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
But what about the whey, the other type of milk protein?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for whey
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“Whey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whey. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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whey
noun
ˈhwā 
ˈwā
: the watery part of milk that separates after the milk has soured and thickened especially in the process of making cheese compare curd sense 1
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