Effect of pressure- or heat-processing on WPI native state was rightly done by DSC.
UHPH at 300 MPa using efficient cooling limited notably whey protein denaturation.
Limiting heating allowed increase in WPI susceptibility to further tryptic attack.
High pressure (isostatic or dynamic) favours β-Lactoglobulin tryptic hydrolysis.
UHPH may be proposed as a controlled and continuous process to prepare proteolysates.