Is there whey in cheese?

[J2]

So whey is the liquid part that separates when making cheese. So does cheese (like lets say, cheddar cheese) have whey in it?

[tanyalynn]

I think so (it would have both casein and whey). I saw your other post too--thing is, I'm not sure, even if something says "whey protein" I doubt they tested to actually see if there's no casein. If something is a dairy product, I'd only trust it had no casein if it said "casein-free" and technically that only means that the casein is below whatever the detectable level of the test is. It's like ghee--most ghee is, I think, mostly just the fat, but they don't really test to see if they got all the trace amounts of casein or whatever out.

[lil_miss_understood]

Yes, it does contain whey. The softer the cheese, the more whey there is.