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Any safe substance that is (or able to be) eaten and drunk. Foods that provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition. Functional food is a food where a new ingredient(s) (or more of an existing ingredient) has been added to a food and the new product has a new function (often one
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Functional food is a food where a new ingredient(s) (or more of an existing ingredient) has been added to a food and the new product has a new function (often one related to health-promotion or disease prevention). • Functional foods are one of the fastest-growing segments of the food industry. Let Food be Your Medicine
The Philosophy behind is: “Focus on Prevention” • Health benefit: • Enhancement of physiological functions Improvement of health status • Prevention of pathological action prevention of diseases (reduction of the risk of diseases)
The term “Nutraceutical” was coined from “Nutrition” & “Pharmaceutical” in 1989 by • Stephen DeFelice, • MD, Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM). • Other words used in the context: • Dietary supplementation, Functional, Multi-functional Foods, etc.
Nutraceutical can be defined as • “ A food or part of food or nutrient, that provides health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of a disease.”
Types of Functional Foods • Conventional foods • Fortified or enriched foods • Dietary supplements
Conventional Foods as a Functional Food • Foods that are inherently functional • Foods that have naturally present constituents that are functional • For example: apple, broccoli, soy, fish, etc.
Fortified & Enriched Foods as a Functional Food • Foods that are imposed functional • Foods that functional components are added to • For example:fortified nutrients added to fruit juices Food fortification is basically the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food stuffs..
Dietary Supplements as a Functional Food • Foods that are legally functional (classified by current legal standards) • Products: • that are intended to supplement the diet that contain one or more of certain functional dietary ingredients • that are found in pill, tablet, capsule, powder, or liquid form • that are meant to be taken by mouth
Legally Classified & Supported Functional Food • “Dietary supplements” in US • “Foods for special dietary use” in Japan • “Health functional foods” in Korea
Health Claim for Functional Food -1 • Naturally fucntional foods • Functional components-added foods • No health claim labeling allowed !!
Health Claim for Functional Food -2 • Legally classifed & suppored functional foods: “Health functional foods” in Korea & “Dietary supplements” in US • Health claim should be statements that inclusion of a substance in the diet “may help reduce the risk of a named disease or symptom