Overview of yogurt and other fermented dairy products / Fatih Yildiz -- Strategies for yogurt manufacturing / Barbaros Ozer -- Yogurt microbiology and biochemistry / G. Candan Gurakan and Neslihan Altay -- Ayran : microbiology and technology / Celalettin Kocak and Yahya Kemal Avsar -- Kefir and koumiss : microbiology and technology / Zeynep Guzel-Seydim, Tugba Kok-Tas, and Annel K. Greene -- Probiotic dairy beverages : microbiology and technology / G. Candan Gurakan, Aysun Cebeci, and H. Barbaros Ozer -- Functional bioactive dairy ingredients / Theodoras H. Varzakas and Ioannas S. Arvanitoyannis -- Quality attributes of yogurt and functional dairy products / Barbaros Ozer and Huseyin Avni Kirmaci -- Nutritional aspects of yogurt and functional dairy products / Costas Chryssanthopoulos and Maria Maridaki -- Health attributes of yogurt and functional dairy products / Yonca Karagul-Yuceer and Yahya Kemal Avsar -- Immunity and functional diary foods in the human life cycle / Bilkay Basturk -- Functional dairy foods and flora modulation / Theodoras H. Varzakas, Ioannas S. Arvanitoyannis, and Eugenia Bezirtzoglou -- Application of functional dairy products from IBS to IBD / Tarkan Karakan -- Functional dairy products and probiotics in infectious diseases / Meltem Yalinay Cirak.