Fermented milk and dairy products / edited by Anil Kumar Puniya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: part I Introduction, Scope, and Significance -- chapter 1 Fermented Milk and Dairy Products: An Overview / Ravinder Malik -- chapter 2 Nutritional and Therapeutic Characteristics of Fermented Dairy Products / Hariom Yadav -- chapter 3 Lactic Acid Bacteria and Associated Product Characteristics within Milk Fermentation / Julia Hartung -- part II Starter Cultures in Milk Fermentation -- chapter 4 Types and Application of Lactic Starters / Rameshwar Singh -- chapter 5 Metabolic Characteristics of Lactic Starters / Prakash M. Halami -- chapter 6 Molecular Biology of Adaptation of Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria to Dairy System / Jai Kumar Kaushik -- chapter 7 Preservation of Lactic Starter Cultures / Chalat Santivarangkna -- part III Dairy Products Based on the Type of Fermentation: Pure Lactic Fermentations (Mesophilic, Thermophilic, and probiotic products) -- chapter 8 Natural and Cultured Buttermilk / Ashish Tyagi -- chapter 9 Acidophilus Milks / Jashbhai B. Prajapati -- chapter 10 Bifidus Milks / Jashbhai B. Prajapati -- chapter 11 Yogurt: Concepts and Developments / Rameshwar Singh -- chapter 12 Technology of Fresh Cheeses / Ritika Puri -- chapter 13 Dahi, Lassi, and Shrikhand / M.C. Varadaraj -- chapter 14 Indonesian Dadih / Ingrid Suryanti Surono -- chapter 15 Traditional Fermented Dairy Products of Turkey / Bulent Kabak -- chapter 16 Cheese Whey Fermentation / Jose A. Teixeira -- part IV Dairy Products Based on the Type of Fermentation: Fungal Lactic Fermentations -- chapter 17 Milk Kefir: Structure and Microbiological and Chemical Composition / Disney Ribeiro Dias -- chapter 18 Koumiss: Nutritional and Therapeutic Values / K.P.S. Sangu -- chapter 19 Viili / Sheng-Yao Wang -- part V Health Benefits -- chapter 20 Probiotic Dairy Products / Chand Ram -- chapter 21 Health Benefits of Fermented Probiotic Dairy Products / Julia Tennila -- chapter 22 Validation of Health Claims for Fermented Milks / Farah Hosseinian -- part VI Quality Assurance, Packaging, and Other Prospects -- chapter 23 Quality Assurance of Fermented Dairy Products / Naresh Kumar -- chapter 24 Packaging of Fermented Milks and Dairy Products / Ashish Kumar Singh -- chapter 25 Xylitol: An Alternative Sweetener for Dairy Products / David Bryant.