Editor: Ramesh C. Chandan, Ph.D., is a consultant in dairy food science and technology, serving more than 40 years in food companies including Unilever, Land O'Lakes, and General Mills, with special expertise in the manufacture of yogurt and fermented milks.

Associate Editors: Charles H. White, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University. He also has taught and conducted dairy food science research at the University of Georgia and Louisiana State University. Additionally, he has a valuable background in industrial research with Archer Daniels Midland and Dean Foods Company. Dr. White has developed dairy-based foods for use by military personnel at Natick R&D laboratories in Natick, Massachusetts, and is an expert in fermented milks and a leading coach of dairy products judging. Arun Kilara, Ph.D., is a food industry consultant specializing in dairy foods, ingredient functionality, product development, and training. He was Director of Protein Research at Monsanto Co. and has served on the faculty of Penn State University for more than 20 years. Y.H. Hui, Ph.D., West Sacramento, California, is a consultant to the food industry and has served as the author, editor, or editor-in-chief of numerous books in food science, technology, engineering, and law, including Dairy Science and Technology Handbook : Volume I, II, & III and the Handbook of Food and Beverage Fermentation Technology.