In the present population-based study including 70-year-old men and women, total dairy product intake was associated with a weak positive association with tibia trabecular and cortical cross-sectional areas. PURPOSE Milk consumption has recently been suggested to increase fracture risk. Therefore, we aimed to investigate associations between dairy product consumption and peripheral bone prope...

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, mainly through the process of replacing or including beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Fermented dairy foods such as yogurt, fermented milk and cheese are the major vehicle in delivering probiotics, and probiotic delivery have been traditionally associated with t...

Nowadays, there is increasing interest in the production of functional foods, particularly probiotic foods. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) particularly strains of Lactobacillus are important bacteria in food microbiology and human nutrition due to their ability to fermented food production and have received considerable attention as probiotics. The traditional fermented dairy foods as a rich source...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to analyse the differences, with regard to socio-cultural characteristics and dietary habits, between low and high consumers of yoghurt and other fermented dairy product desserts, and the nutritional significance of these differences. METHODS We analysed the diet of a healthy population (4-65 years), using the 24-hour recall method, on three non-consecutive days. Th...

background: stroke is one of the most common causes of life‑threatening disabilities and death around the world. mortality rate is going to be doubled by 2030 in the middle east countries. prevention is a cost‑effective approach to decrease risk of stroke. the present study assessed the relationship between dairy intake and stroke risk. methods: this hospital‑based case‑control study was direct...

This cross-sectional study investigates whether calcium intakes from dairy and non-dairy sources, and absolute intakes of various dairy products, are associated with periodontitis. The calcium intake (mg/day) of 135 older Danish adults was estimated by a diet history interview and divided into dairy and non-dairy calcium. Dairy food intake (g/day) was classified into four groups: milk, cheese, ...

The demand for healthier eating habits, combined with the use of whey by the dairy industry has favoured the production of fermented dairy beverages based on whey. The dairy beverages are a kind of fermented milk which can be used milk or reconstituted milk and/or dairy products, including cheese whey. This research studied the physical-chemical and microbiological characteristics of dairy beve...

Lactococcal and streptococcal starter strains are crucial ingredients to manufacture fermented dairy products. As commercial starter culture suppliers and dairy producers attempt to overcome issues of phage sensitivity and develop new product ranges, there is an ever increasing need to improve technologies for the rational selection of novel starter culture blends. Whole genome sequencing, spur...

The lactic acid bacteria Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus play a crucial role in the manufacture of dairy products such as cheese, buttermilk and yogurt. In this contribution, different metabolic engineering strategies are described aimed at improvement of the quality of the fermented dairy product. By increased production of diacetyl or acetaldehyde, the particular flavour of ...

Fermented dairy products are products that can be produced via fermentation of lactose by microorganisms especially by lactic acid bacteria. When examining worldwide, various dairy products which are different in name but similar in content can be found and those products are an important part of human diet (Tamime & Marshall, 1997; Moayednia et al., 1999; Tamime & Robinson, 1999; Nilsson et al...