How is protein powder made?

1. Although protein powders come directly from whole food sources, they’re not whole
foods themselves. They’re created by extracting the protein component of the food,
through a variety of processing methods. Different protein sources require different
processing techniques.
2. Protein powder is left over when milk is coagulated during the process of paneer/cheese
production, and contains everything that is soluble from milk after the pH is dropped to
4.6 during the coagulation process. Protein is a 5% solution of lactose in water
with lactalbumin and some lipid content. Processing can be done by simple drying.