OBTAINING HOUSEHOLD DETERGENTS FROM MILK WHEY

Currently, an important issue is exploring ways to utilize whey – a secondary by-product of various dairy production facilities – as a valuable product in industrial applications. For this purpose, whey extracted from cow's milk during local production of cheese and curd was used to create two types of solid soap and two types of viscous paste products, based on natural vegetable oils such as coconut and palm oil. By using solid soaps made without whey, a viscous detergent paste containing 76.4% whey was developed. The resulting products are proposed for use in various areas of household cleaning. The effectiveness of the whey-based pastes as cleaning agents was evaluated by analyzing pH levels, saponification or foaming capacity, shelf life, and organoleptic properties using a range of methods. According to the final research results, all obtained products demonstrated good quality and were found to be effective for cleaning chemically contaminated laboratory equipment as well as various greasy and dirty household surfaces.

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