Abstract
The dairy products are still food source of an undisputed nutritional value; in addition to calcium and phosphorus other so-called minor components from the point of view of quantity are the object of attention for their potential health benefits. Besides the traditional medium and long aging products, typical of the Italian cheese manufacture, other dairy products are now available with high service content or endowed with particular sensory traits. In the countries of the Mediterranean basin there is an ancient cheese tradition witnessed today by many cheeses that had a legal label whose significance is the protection of the origin and/or the production technology.
The traceability of these products is essentially a documentation process; however, currently available analytical advanced methods are capable, with reasonable certainty, of attributing the origin of the milk to a well-defined geographical area or to a specific mode of production. This is of practical importance not only to protect consumers but also to ensure fairness and transparency competition in the market among different brands. Food fraud, today strongly recurrent, finds also in the dairy sector several opportunities of application with not indifferent good volumes implicated and large economic values at stake. However, not infrequently an ordinary commercial fraud translates into a healthcare fraud with relapses also of considerable gravity for the consumer.
Of particular interest are the latest technological developments dedicated to the processing of milk in small production aimed at minimizing the environmental impact of the traditional large-scale production and provide income opportunities to those who work in marginal geographical areas.
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Novelli, E. (2013). The Dairy Products, Nutritional and Legal Value, an Opportunity for the Defense and Promotion of the Territory. In: Lima, G., Vianello, F. (eds) Food Quality, Safety and Technology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1640-1_9
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