Fibres from milk proteins?
Recovering value from waste materials
At Grouse Fibre, we are not the first to see the value in recovering milk proteins and using them as building blocks of milk. We stand on the shoulders of researchers in the 1930's and 1940's who developed a milk protein fibre to replace wool. This product was called Lanital in the UK and other versions of milk casein fibre were developed in the USA and Italy.
These fibres were designed for consumer apparel and never really had the properties to be a long term success. Our approach is to lean into the characteristics of the casein fibre to target application where they have most value add. This includes horticulture but also defence, industrial and biomedical.
Contact us if you want to evaluate protein fibres for your sector. We are keen to engage with dairy processors on how we can valorise their waste and rejected milk inputs - contact us if you can help.
Commission processing
Wet spinning expertise
Grouse Fibre is embedding unique wet spinning know-how and capability within our team.
We are taking enquiries for lab scale explorations in creating fibres from proteins, biopolymers, recycled materials and unique compositions.
We are keen to work with you from experimental design, solvent selection and first fibre.