REFERENCE MANUAL FOR U.S. WHEY AND LACTOSE PRODUCTS

AMERICAN DAIRYPRODUCTS INSTITUTEAmerican Dairy Products Institute (ADPI), thenational trade association of the processeddairy products industry, was formed in April,1986, through a merger of the 61-year oldAmerican Dry Milk Institute and the 15-yearold Whey Products Institute. In April 1987, theInstitute expanded the scope of its activitieswhen the Evaporated Milk Associationmerged into the American Dairy ProductsInstitute. Actions were initiated to establisha cheese division within the AmericanDairy Products Institute, and successfulculmination of this effort occurred February6, 1997. Current Institute membershipincludes manufacturers of evaporatedand dry milks, cheese and whey products,firms that provide supplies and services toprocessors, and many companies that utilizethese processed dairy products. While themajority of our members are located in theU.S., we have many international membersas well—currently from 16 countries.ADPI’s business purpose is to become themost effective communicator of the positiveattributes and benefits for the dairy productswe represent. Our business purpose must beexecuted to the benefit of our members, theircustomers and consumers.ADPI provides a variety of services tomembers, representing its members ingovernmental affairs, consumer affairs andproduct standards of identity. Our goal is toprovide our members complete informationabout the industry from processing toutilization. ADPI provides standards for drymilks which can be found in the ADPI Bulletin916, “Standards for Grades of Dry MilksIncluding Methods of Analysis,” and for wheyproducts which can be found in the ADPIBulletin W-16, “Whey & Whey Products—Definitions, Composition, Standard Methodsof Analysis.” These publications and othermaterials can be ordered from:American Dairy Products Institute116 North York StreetElmhurst, IL, 60126 USAPhone: 1-630-530-8700Fax: 1-630-530-8707www.adpi.orgThe Chief Executive Officer isJim Page and he can be reached at:jjpage@adpi.org.For technical assistance, please contactDan Meyer at:dmeyer@adpi.organd for accounting/statistics, please contactSteve Griffin at:sgriffin@adpi.org.10 Reference Manual for U.S. Whey and Lactose Products