(Bio)Surfing the wave of lactose upcycling. Sugar fatty acid esters were prepared starting either from lactose through a two-step enzymatic approach catalyzed by immobilized β-galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae and immobilized CalB (Novozym® 435), or from galactose through a two-step chemoenzymatic strategy. n-Butyl galactoside fatty acid esters were shown to possess good interfacial features, being