Lactoferrin

Type of Protein	Dairy - Whey proteins
Protein name	Lactoferrin
Companies producing this protein	TurtleTree AllG Helaina FrieslandCampina
Function (dairy alternative, colorant, texture, taste...)	Dairy alternative (Vishwanath-Deutsch et al., 2024)
Target application (cheese, infant formula, meat...)	Infant formula, sports and functional foods, yogurt, ice cream, powdered milk (Vishwanath-Deutsch et al., 2024)
Purity requirement/purification values	recombinant lactoferrin has to be >95% pure (Wakabayashi et al., 2018)
Techno-functional properties	NA
Nutritional properties	Antimircobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties (Demir et al., 2025) Iron-binding properties (Conesa et al., 2010)
Advantages	Low allergenicity risk, but needs to be studied more thoroughly (Vishwanath-Deutsch et al., 2024) Antimicrobial protperties can also be use to prolong the shelf life of foods and serve as a potential alternative for antibiotics (Demir et al., 2025)
Challenges/risk factors	Glycosylation plays a huge role in the folding and function of lactoferrin. Different glycosylation patterns in non-mammalian host strains might impact the folding and function of lactoferrin (Zlatina & Galuska, 2020)

Komagatella phaffi (Pichia pastoris)