Probiotic Dairy Products

Book excerpt: Following significant developments in recent understanding of milksystems and an explosion in interest in the use of probiotics andprebiotics as functional foods Probiotic Dairy Productslooks at advancements in the dairy industry and reviews the latestscientific developments in regard to the ‘functional’aspects of dairy and fermented milk products and their ingredients.The first title in Blackwell Publishing’s prestigiousSociety of Dairy Technology Series, this key text includescoverage of: Production systems Gut microflora Genomic characterisation of probiotic micro-organisms Physical properties associated with health claims Maintenance of the viability of probiotic products National and international statutory regulations Edited by Adnan Tamime, with contributions from internationalauthors and full of core commercially useful information for thedairy industry, this book is an essential title for dairyscientists, dairy technologists and nutritionists worldwide.