Bulletin of the IDF N° 413/ 2007: Health-enhancing milk components: Technological advances and health benefits

Publication description

Proceedings of the conference on Health-enhancing Milk Components: Technological Advances and Health Benefits, at the IDF World Dairy Congress in Shanghai, China, October 2006. The publication provides insights into the latest and emerging scientific knowledge about the characteristics of major and minor bioactive component groups occurring naturally in milk, focusing on components with positive health attributes. The conference papers presented novel technologies for extraction of bioactive components from milk and product innovations based on these components. Examples on documented health benefits delivered through such value-added products are also given.

Keywords: health, nutrition, bioactive, proteins, peptides, lactoferrin, phospholipids