Product description: Lactose (Milk sugar) is produced by crystallizing lactose from fresh dairy whey and then drying the crystals. Lactose is white free-flowing powder with sweetish taste, without any foreign flavors and odors. Lactose is natural, milk derived carbohydrate, a nutrient required by the body for energy. It is 6 times less sweet than sucrose. Lactose usage is favorable for the better carbohydrate, fat and cholesterol metabolism. It has food, diet and medical value. Application: Lactose is used in food industry (for processing of bakery products, dairy preserves, diet dairy products, soft and low-alcohol drinks, chewing gum, protein based blends for sportsmen, food additives, spices, seasoning, dry soups); in pharmaceutical industry (for drugs processing in powder and in pills, as a nutrient medium for processing of penicillin, different ferments); for technical application ( for production of mirrors, production of fireworks, smoke screen, in analytical chemistry).