Functional Dairy Products
Author | : T Mattila-Sandholm |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2003-02-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 1855735849 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781855735842 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Download or read book Functional Dairy Products written by T Mattila-Sandholm and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Dairy products constitute one of the most important types of functional food. Edited by two of the leading authorities in this area, this major collection reviews how functional dairy products help to prevent such chronic diseases as cancer, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. Part 2 considers product development and such issues as clinical trials and safety evaluation. Part 3 examines particular types of product from oligosaccharides to lactic acid bacteria. CONTENTS Introduction: classifying functional dairy products. Part 1 The health benefits of functional dairy products: Cancer; Coronary heart disease; Osteoporosis; Probiotics and the management of food allergy; Dairy products and the immune function in the elderly; The therapeutic use of probiotics in gastrointestinal inflammation. Part 2 Functional dairy ingredients: Caseinophosphopeptides (CPPs) as functional ingredients; Oligosaccharides; Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in functional dairy products; Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as a functional ingredient. Part 3 Product development: Enhancing the functionality of prebiotics and probiotics; Safety evaluation of probiotics; Clinical trials; Consumers and functional foods; European research in probiotics and prebiotics: the PROEUHEALTH cluster; The market for functional dairy products: the case of the United States.