Dairy & lactose intolerance
Contrary to the common notion that people who are sensitive to lactose must avoid milk and milk products, many can still consume a glass of milk without any significant symptoms. It is even possible to increase one’s ability to digest lactose by gradual re-introduction of lactose which could result in an increase in the ability […]
Dairy & hypertension
Hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure, affects millions of people around the world. Researchers behind what has come to be known as the “Dash Diet” (Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension) thought that it would be ideal if they could find some sort of dietary pattern that would bring blood pressure back to normal and […]
Dairy & heart disease
Dietary recommendations advise a general reduction in fat intake and in particular a reduction in saturates. Foods such as milk, which provide some fat, and for which lower-fat alternatives exist, are often singled out in that advice. This might lead to the assumption that a direct link has been shown between milk intake and heart […]
Questions on trans & CLA of dairy products
What are trans fatty acids? Are there many of them? Why distinguish them from other fatty acids? These are just a few of the questions answered in this comprehensive factsheet on Trans and CLA of dairy products.
The role of dairy in optimal and under nutrition – the first 1000 days
The critical window for adequate child growth and cognitive development is between conception and 24 months of age and hence many recent international nutrition initiatives focus on optimising nutrition in the “first 1000 days.” Milk and dairy products as nutrient dense sources of macro and micronutrients play a key role in healthy human nutrition and […]
Bulletin of the IDF N° 508/2021: Guidance on application of EC JRC Certified Reference Material for somatic cell counting in milk
This paper provides relevant guidance on how to apply this material for method performance verification of both the microscopic reference method and routine methods, for verification and possibly required adjustment of calibration settings of routine methods, for assigning reference values to secondary reference materials and for use in proficiency testing.
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ISO 22184 I IDF 244: 2021 – Milk and milk products – Determination of the sugar contents – High performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection method (HPAEC-PAD)
This document specifies the quantitative liquid chromatographic determination of specific sugars (galactose, glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose and maltose) in various milk and milk products, applying arabinose as an internal standard. The method is applicable to the following dairy matrices: milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cheese, whey powder, infant formula, milk dessert and yoghurt. The […]
Book of abstracts: 8th IDF international symposium on sheep, goat & other non-cow milk
The abstracts provided for this symposium are the work of the individual authors and have not been peer-reviewed. They are reprinted as provided by the authors with the exception of some typographical formatting. The abstracts have been reprinted for the sole purpose of the 8th IDF International Symposium on Sheep, Goat and other non-Cow Milk. […]
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