Milk and Dairy Products: Linking the Chemistry, Structure, Processing, and Food Properties
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Dairy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2023) | Viewed by 50073
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physio-chemical properties of biomaterials; dehydration and granulation; dairy technology; foods structural and textual designs; powder technology; state transition and phase transition in foods; encapsulation of functional food ingredients; functional delivery; stabilization of probiotic and dairy ingredients; plant-based ingredients
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Dear Colleagues,
At present, milk and dairy products represent an important component of the diet of humans of all ages, and understanding the different milk constituents and their contribution to the structure, texture, consumer acceptability, and nutritional value of dairy products during processing is very important. New milk sources are emerging and are foreseen to contribute new qualities to existing products. The structural and sensory properties of the dairy products vary significantly depending on the chemistry of milk from different sources and or animal species (e.g., buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, donkey). In this Special Issue we welcome you to contribute submissions (including original research and current review articles) on the chemistry of milk from different animal species, and its effects on the structural, sensory and nutritional value of processed products and the relation between composition, processing and product functionality, with topics such as:
- Correlations between chemistry, structure and function, and their relations to milk characteristics;
- The performance of milk from different animal species/breeds during processing and how it affects the structure and sensory properties of the processed dairy products;
- Effect of processing technologies (traditional and novel) as strategies for quality maintenance or improvement of the main milk components and dairy products (e.g., physical and chemical properties, nutritional value, sensory characteristics).
Prof. Dr. Song Miao
Prof. Dr. Peng Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- milk
- dairy products
- bovine and non-bovine milk
- chemistry
- structure
- processing
- sensory quality
- nutritional quality
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