Ninety-five percent of US households purchase fluid milk at retail and are increasingly demanding wholesome, nutritious, and sustainable products. These shifts in consumer demand present a growth opportunity for the dairy industry to create value-added products for the fluid milk and beverage categories beyond the traditional gallon jug. Based upon data from the IRI DMI Custom Dairy Milk Databa...

The aim of this study was to conduct an up-to-date investigation on the occurrence levels aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in samples raw milk (n = 40), pasteurized 44), ultra-high temperature (UHT) 27), Minas cheese 57), and yogurt 44) traded São Paulo state, Brazil. AFM1 extracted from fluid milks dairy products using immunoaffinity columns determined by high performance liquid chromatography. detected at...

The present work aimed to produce Minas Frescal cheese with the replacement of commercial lactic culture by fermented kefir milk (FKM) and verify some its physicochemical characteristics, aiming mainly at development a new probiotic dairy product low production cost as compared use cultures. Kefir grains were added whole UHT 22ºC/24 hours in an incubator, after fermentation separated FKM was us...

Functional foods containing probiotic bacteria (lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria) are getting popularity in the world, due to tremendous health benefits conferred by these bacteria. However, the total viable count of bacteria in the final product and the sensory attributes of the product are of higher importance for its consumer acceptability. In this study, flavored (strawberry, pineapp...