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Casein is a natural polymer extracted from skimmed milk proteins. Casein protein is used in many industrial and technical applications [71, 118, 119], such the manufacture of adhesives and the packaging industry for breweries, wineries and refrigerated products and it can also be used as a plasticizer for concrete. Casein is also used as microcapsules and in synthetic peptides [120]. Caseins evolved from members of a group of secreted calcium (phosphate)-binding phosphoproteins. The first industrial applications of protein as polymer were in the early 1930s and 1940s with casein and with soy protein. Casein is also used as microcapsules and in synthetic peptides [75, 121].