Dr. Lee R. Zehner

In his search for an all-natural, low calorie sweetener, Greg met and began working with Dr. Lee Zehner an organic chemist and founder of Whey Low Sweetener.

The Company's founder and President, Lee R. Zehner, Ph.D., has led both Fortune 100 and small biotech research and development teams for 32 years, the last 22 of which he has been innovating in the food and nutrition industries.In 1986, he invented a new low-calorie carbohydrate sweetener and led an international development team that proved its safety/efficacy.In 1997, his former employer licensed the food applications of the carbohydrate, D-tagatose, exclusively to a large Danish dairy products company.The sweetener was recently accepted by the US FDA as safe for use in foods and is commercially available now.Other commercial products and processes invented or co-invented by Dr. Zehner include a safe-for-humans housefly pesticide, an economical process to manufacture a commodity monomer called methyl methacrylate, and an economical process to manufacture a common food acidulant and monomer called adipic acid.Dr. Zehner earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota, his B.S. in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, and has over 100 issued worldwide patents to his credit.

Dr. Zehner's inspiration to develop Whey Low® has come primarily from his wife's recent diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes and her need to initiate oral medications.Mrs. Zehner, who loves to cook and bake, has found that Whey Low®, as part of her daily low-carbohydrate diet, helps to keep her postprandial blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin levels under control.

The Company's founder and President, Lee R. Zehner, Ph.D., has led both Fortune 100 and small biotech research and development teams for 35 years, the last 25 of which he has been innovating in the food and nutrition industries.In 1986, he invented another low-calorie, carbohydrate sweetener called D-tagatose and led an international development team that proved its safety/efficacy.In 1997, his former employer licensed the food applications of the carbohydrate, D-tagatose, exclusively to a large Danish dairy products company.D-Tagatose was accepted by the US FDA as safe for use in foods and is commercially available.

Other commercial products and processes invented or co-invented by Dr. Zehner include a safe-for-humans housefly pesticide, an economical process to manufacture a commodity monomer called methyl methacrylate, and an economical process to manufacture a common food acidulant and monomer called adipic acid.Dr. Zehner earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota, his B.S. in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, and has over 100 issued worldwide patents to his credit.

Dr. Zehner's inspiration to develop Whey Low® has come primarily from his wife's recent diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes and her need to initiate oral medications.Mrs. Zehner, who loves to cook and bake, has found that Whey Low®, as part of her daily low-carbohydrate diet, helps to keep her postprandial blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin levels under control.