Commercial use of milk protein
- It is used in plastic industries to make casein plastic from which different plasti materials can be prepared like comb, button, umbrella handles, electric insulating materials, etc.
- It is chiefly used in baking industries to prepare varieties of chocolates, breads and biscuits
- It has also got pharmaceutical value to prepare tonics and proteinules
- Recent use of casein is in manufacturing casein fibber called urlet which is used in substitution of wool.
- It is also used in leather and textile industries
- It is used in paints factories to produce high quality paints
- It is used in cement factory for the plasticity of cement
- It is used in paper industries for producing high quality writing paper and wall paper.
d) Phosphoproteins: Phosphate is linked chemically to these proteins—examples include casein in milk and phosphoproteins in egg yolk.
e) Lipoproteins: These combinations of lipid and protein are excellent emulsifying agents. Lipoproteins are found in milk and egg yolk.
f) Chromoprotein: These are proteins with a Coloured prosthetic group and include hemoglobin and myoglobin.