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Functional food. A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients. [1] The term may also apply to traits purposely bred into existing edible plants, such as purple or gold potatoes having increased ...
2009208857. OCLC no. 297176959. Links. Journal homepage. Journal of Functional Foods is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of food research. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 2009. The editor-in-chief is Vincenzo Fogliano (Wageningen University) and Mingfu Wang (Shenzhen University). [1]
History. The Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health opened as the Functional Food Centre at Oxford Brookes University in early 2009 with a £300,000 grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. [4][5] It was formerly known as the Nutrition and Food Research Group, which had been in existence since 1984. [1]
"Fermented foods add probiotic-friendly bacteria into the gut to ward off the bad bacteria and maintain the intestinal wall intact. Kefir, yogurt, refrigerated sauerkraut, kimchi, miso and natto ...
Under Canadian law, a nutraceutical can be marketed as either a food or a drug; the terms "nutraceutical" and "functional food" have no legal distinction, [7] as both refer to "a product isolated or purified from foods that is generally sold in medicinal forms not usually associated with food [and] is demonstrated to have a physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease."
The use of fucoidan as a novel ingredient in dietary supplements, skincare products and functional foods and beverages is increasing. [ 4 ] Active research into the health benefits of fucoidan continues across a range of health indications including anti-cancer, immune modulation, anti-viral, digestive health, anti-inflammation , wound healing ...
Only products that contain live organisms shown in reproducible human studies to confer a health benefit may claim to be probiotic. [7] [138] [139] The correct definition of health benefit, backed with solid scientific evidence, is a strong element for the proper identification and assessment of the effect of a probiotic. This aspect is a ...
A functional beverage is a conventional liquid food marketed to highlight specific product ingredients or supposed health effects. [1][2] Beverages marketed as "functional" include dairy drinks, sports and performance drinks, energy drinks, ready-to-drink teas, kombucha, "smart" drinks, fortified fruit drinks, plant milks, and enhanced water ...