The Story of Whey

Around 5,500 BC in Kujawy, Poland farmers noticed a liquid that separated itself from curds when preserving goats’ milk.

Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine (the Hippocratic Oath is named after him) around 460 BC starts prescribing whey to his patients. “Serum” as he called it was given to patients as an immune-system booster.

The great physician of Rome, Galen picks up where Hippocrates left off and around 130 AD begins to explore some of the greater medicinal values of whey.

Italians popularize a method for separating liquid whey from dairy. Availability of liquid whey leads to the rediscovery of its classic benefits and stories of miraculous cures spread.

Italians popularize a method for separating liquid whey from dairy. Availability of liquid whey leads to the rediscovery of its classic benefits and stories of miraculous cures spread.

Advanced techniques create the best, most effective whey protein ever. Detour’s founders revolutionize nutrition by putting all of the health benefits of whey into a convenient, on-the-go solution with delicious candy bar taste.