Part I : Ingredients for dairy products manufacturing. Milk quality and Processing / Germano Mucchetti Angelo V. Zambrini -- Milk preparation for further processing into dairy products / Angelo V. Zambrini Germano Mucchetti -- Probiotics and prebiotics / Carla Orsi Angelo V. Zambrini -- Starter and ancillary cultures / Carla Orsi Angelo V. Zambrini -- Vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds / Emanuela Donati -- Fruit and vegetables / Carlo Tagliabue -- Acidity regulators, preservatives, and antioxidants / Andelka Bacak -- Flavors, colors, thickeners, and emulsifiers / Andelka Bacak -- Enzymes / Martino Verga -- Part II : Processing of dairy products. Enzymes applications for the dairy industry / Antonio Trani Pasqua Loizzo Angela Cassone Michele Faccia -- Plant cleaning and sanitizing / Pierangelo Galimberti -- Membrane technologies applied to cheese milk / Pasqua Antonio Trani, Angela Loizzo Cassone Faccia Michele -- Process/product control: analysis of cheese by proteomics techniques / Antonio Trani Pasqua Loizzo Angela Cassone Michele Faccia -- Functional dairy products including pro/pre/symbiotics / Fabio Minervini Maria De Angelis Marco Gobbetti -- Dairy products and their role in human health / Teresa Trotta Francesca Posa Giorgio Mori Chiara Porro -- Part III : Shelf life of dairy products. Freezing of dairy products / Sebnem Tavman Tuncay Yilmaz -- Antimicrobial compounds applied to dairy food / Luisa Angiolillo Annalisa Lucera Matteo A. Del Nobile Amalia Conte -- Active packaging applied to dairy products / Ozlem Kizilirmak Esmer Busra Sahin -- Nanotechnology applied to the dairy sector / Cristina Costa Matteo A. Del Nobile Amalia Conte -- Biodegradable packaging applied to dairy products / Lia Noemi Gerschenson Rosa Jagus Carolina Patricia Olle Resa -- Part IV : Consumer acceptance. The quality concept / Mariantonietta Fiore Francesco Contò -- Food quality perception / Raffaele Silvestri Piermichele La Sala -- Consumer behavior models applied to food sector / Elka Vasileva -- Evaluation, choice, and purchase / Daniela Ivanova -- The new product development process / Plamen Dimitrov Mishev Yulia Vladimirova Dzhabarova -- Market opportunities / Raffaele Silvestri -- Consumer insight and approaches in new dairy products development / Minna Mikkola Fedele Colantuono -- Part V : Environmental and policy issues. The milk and dairy sector in the European Union: environmental and policy issues / Caterina De Lucia Pasquale Pazienza Vincenzo Vecchione -- Policies and strategies for eco-friendly dairy product / Gerrit Willem Ziggers.