Sensory properties of milk protein ingredients

Abstract

The importance of dairy protein ingredients to the domestic and global dairy industry is increasing. These ingredients possess an abundance of functional and nutritional properties, but fl avor of these ingredients also plays an important role. Sensory characteristics of dairy protein ingredients are widely variable. There are a concurrent variety of fl avor sources including raw product stream, processing and storage. The dairy protein ingredient category encompasses a wide variety of products, including dried milk, milk protein concentrates and isolates, whey protein concentrates, isolates, hydrolysates, caseinates, and serum protein concentrates. This chapter addresses the current body of work and continued research on the sensory properties and profi les of dairy proteins