Liquid colostrum - Import export

First, the liquid colostrum is degreased as it comes directly from the farm. Colostrum contains approx. 10% fat; therefore, it would not be very digestible in its unprocessed form. The next step is the decaseination, in which those constituents are extracted from colostrum that are processed to cheese in a dairy factory. A colostrum whey remains that still contains such high-molecular elements that an immediate sterile filtration would be impossible. For this reason the whey is micro filtrated so that only these constituents are left over that can pass the small pores of the filter. Those are the immunoglobulins (antibodies), growth factors, cytokines, interferons, interleukins, etc. Because bacteria are also very small, the sterile filter must not exceed a maximum size of 0.2 µ. Fortunately, the protein molecules of the remaining ingredients are even smaller than the smallest bacterium.