Consumption of functional foods suggests a strategy to reduce the incidence of chronic
health disorders. This message has resonated with consumers and driven market growth …

The rising awareness of consumers toward the health benefits of foods and their nutritional
benefits for potential disease prevention and health enhancement is the driving force of the …

The definition of functional foods (FFs) has been in development for many years by the
Functional Food Scientists of the Functional Food Institute/Functional Food Center (FFC) …

A direct relationship between foods and health has led to various scientific studies to find the
significance of foods or food ingredients on specific functions in the body. The term …

Health promotion and reducing disease risk are the primary benefits of functional foods.
However, the definition of functional foods is still unclear and undecided. This has made it …

Background: To create functional food products based on scientific evidence, we must first
define functional foods. Previous definitions describe how functional foods improve health …

Functional foods play an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and reducing the
risk factors of various diseases. Most foods have a functional element which is responsible …

Consumers began to view food from a radically different vantage point in the 1990s. This
'changing face'of food has evolved into an exciting area of the food and nutrition sciences …

Functional foods is a very popular term in the social and scientific media; consequently, food
producers have invested resources in the development of processed foods that may provide …

Functional foods can be considered to be those whole, fortified, enriched or enhanced foods
that provide health benefits beyond the provision of essential nutrients (eg, vitamins and …