On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7:57:34 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 11:58:16 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 1:34:45 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is one of the links I found:
> > > <http://www.spxflow.com/en/assets/pdf/GS_butter_production_07_12_GB_web.pdf>
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > What's your interpretation of what happens to the buttermilk from this paper? It seems pretty sketchy.
>
> Not quite halfway down there's a flowchart. The fate of buttermilk is
> on the right.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

What I think happens is that the buttermilk is fermented to produce cultured buttermilk which is then dehydrated or not dehydrated. It is evidently also used to produce other cultured milk products.