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functional foods For functional foods to deliver their potential public health benefits, consumers must have a clear understanding of, and a strong confidence level in, the scientific criteria that are used to document health effects and claims. Foods identified as FOSHU must be approved by the Minister of Health and Welfare after the submission of comprehensive science-based evidence to support the claim for the foods when they are consumed as part of an ordinary diet. A functional food may be targeted at the whole population or for particular groups, which may be defined, for example, by age or by genetic constitution. www.eufic.org /en/quickfacts/functional_foods.htm   (2108 words)

Food Product Design: Functional Foods Annual - November 2000 - The Road Ahead Functional foods and corresponding terms, such as "nutraceuticals" and "optimum foods," are attempts to describe a broad trend. Our company defines functional foods broadly to include "dietary supplements, as well as, foods and beverages that claim or suggest to consumers specific health benefits beyond basic nutrition, including preventing or curing a disease." Excluded from this definition are dietary supplements consumed in forms atypical of foods, such as capsules, tablets, and tinctures. Competitive positioning in functional foods will not be tied solely to a heritage in food, pharmaceuticals, or supplements, but rather will be linked to a willingness to harness core competencies to produce and market foods that defy traditional category boundaries. www.foodproductdesign.com /archive/2000/0900ffa_05.html   (1357 words)

Focus Article - Functional Food Products from Selected Canadian Crops Foods with these attributes are referred to as functional foods, and Canada is one of the few countries that has formulated a definition of functional foods. According to Health Canada, " a functional food is similar in appearance to conventional foods, is consumed as part of a usual diet, and has demonstrated physiological benefits and/or reduces the risk of chronic disease beyond basic nutrition". Food processors and Canadian consumers will eventually see an entirely different raw materials and functional foods picture when all the regulations are in place. www.worldfoodscience.org /cms?pid=1000960   (2615 words)

Food Bureau Online - Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Nutraceuticals and functional foods are food components that provide demonstrated physiological benefits or reduce the risk of chronic disease, above and beyond their basic nutritional functions. A functional food is similar to a conventional food, while a nutraceutical is isolated from a food and sold in dosage form, in both cases the active components occur naturally in the food. The market for nutraceuticals and functional foods (which is large, global and growing), is being driven by a growing consumer understanding of diet/disease links, aging populations, rising health care costs, and advances in food technology and nutrition. www.agr.gc.ca /misb/fb-ba/nutra/index_e.php   (237 words)

ACSH > Publications >   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Foods that may have health benefits beyond the traditional nutrients that they contain are often called "functional foods." The concept of functional foods has become popular in recent years, first in Japan and later in other countries, including the U.S. In the U.S., the term "functional foods" has no official, universally accepted definition. Functional foods are only one aspect of diet, and diet is only one aspect of a comprehensive lifestyle approach to good health, which should include regular exercise, tobacco avoidance, maintenance of a healthy body weight, stress reduction, and other positive health practices. Functional foods can sometimes be part of an effective strategy to promote good health, but they should never be considered a substitute for other good health habits and they should never be used instead of medically prescribed therapy for any health problem. www.acsh.org /publications/booklets/funfood2002.html   (617 words)

Functional foods Food companies, drug companies, chemical companies and boutique companies arising from grass-roots research and development efforts are all racing to bring functional foods to market. In addition to the normal expectation that any food item or ingredient be safe for consumption, functional foods have the additional safety requirements related to the novelty of the raw materials used, of the processes used to produce the food, or of the potential use in the diet. Although a legal classification of foods under the jurisdiction of the FDA and technically confined to enteral formulas used to feed hospitalized patients and people with rare diseases, more recently spin-offs of these formulas have begun to be marketed to the public, especially to the elderly, as a source of supplemental nutrition. www.andrews.edu /NUFS/functionalfoods.html   (1704 words)

Food - what is it?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Novel Foods are foods which can be assigned to special types of foods such as genetic modified foods,genetic modified organism and their products, new molecular structures or new technological procedures.Foods which are regulated by the Novel Food Regulation of the European Community have to pass a complicated license procedure. Functional foods are foods which have a positive action upon the health of the consumer. Functional foods should taste good, be well prepared, and offer real benefits such as gastrointestinal function, antioxidant activity, micronutrients, positive activity on fetal and early life development. www.ourfood.com /Food_what_is_it.html   (11203 words)

Functional Food Research & Development Center. Richardson, Texas - Home Functional Foods Center is a research and development center at DandA Inc. (Richardson, TX, USA), providing research expertise for further development of functional food innovations. We are also considering that usage of functional foods could be provided on the basis of specific diseases, the physiological condition of individuals, and of pre-existing syndromes and symptoms. The main goal of the Conference is to bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry to discuss the contribution of functional foods in the prevention and treatment of Chronic Diseases. www.functionalfoodscenter.net   (559 words)

Nutrition Action Healthletter - Functional Foods In a sense, functional foods have been around since the 1920’s, when iodine was added to salt to prevent goiter. Functional foods are one of the fastest-growing segments of the food industry, especially among affluent baby boomers. Unlike food additives or drugs, the herbs and other ingredients in functional foods or supplements don’t have to undergo tests to see if they cause cancer, birth defects, liver toxicity, or any other serious problem. www.cspinet.org /nah/4_99/functional_foods.htm   (2819 words)

Food Product Design: Cover Story - Functional Foods: Figuring Out the Facts - The link between diet and health is ... A functional food can immediately be put onto store shelves, or it might take up to two years, depending on the regulatory route taken and the ingredient added. If the base of the newly developed functional food has strong off-notes (bitter, green, beany, metallic, medicinal), working with flavor companies to minimize or mask these notes should come first, and then the appropriate characterizing flavor may be added. Incorporation of these plant sterols into foods began when a process was identified that allowed these products to be esterified and solubilized into foods, while minimally changing their taste and appearance. www.foodproductdesign.com /archive/1999/1199cs.html   (4066 words)

Functional Foods -- the next wave of GE foods - Global Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) "Functional foods" (or "prescription" foods, as they have also been called) are the next big thing in biotechnology and genetically engineered foods. The purpose of functional foods would be to add ingredients that would in some way help tackle a health-related issue. By promoting functional foods, and its potential humanitarian benefits and a solution to world hunger, it helps to repair and improve the tarnished image of many of these biotech companies. www.globalissues.org /EnvIssues/GEFood/Functional.asp   (1927 words)

Nutrition Research Newsletter: Effects of education on functional food consumption - Nutrition Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Functional foods are foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition. Recommendations of efficacious levels of functional foods that registered dietitians (RDs) can incorporate into nutrition education programs can be determined from established US Food and Drug Administration health claim or recommendations for other reputable public health authorities. Data were self-reported and therefore subjective and although functional food consumption may increase, there is no evidence that suggests it would increase to an efficacious level. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0887/is_10_21/ai_93698443   (593 words)

Functional Food Traditional food is no longer enough to satisfy consumer requirements, they are instead looking for food and drink that provide a nutritive value while also fitting alongside their lifestyle trends and normal eating habits. Functional foods is the collective term by which these foods have become to be known. A broad spectrum of functional foods is evident in these markets, some of which are well established and others which loosely fit the category including medical foods, dietetic foods, fortified foods, sports foods, foods for the elderly, foods for pregnancy or lactation, and infant foods. muhammadfarms.com /functional_food.htm   (1017 words)

Ockham's Razor:5 January  2003  - Processed Food and Functional Foods Many nutritionists argue that this is inappropriate; if some foods are truly ‘functional’, that is, their safety and efficacy has been demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt, then it might be appropriate to allow health claims on the labels of those foods. Proponents of functional foods also point out that most people don’t seem to be able to give up their favourite foods, many of which are high in saturated fat, or contain other factors associated with adverse health outcome. From the same starting point, nutritionists who are against functional foods argue that many of these foods seem to be designed at least partly to encourage people to eat foods that are not usually regarded as health-promoting. www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ockham/stories/s750817.htm   (2063 words)

Lauric.org Technical Definitions Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) As a functional food, coconut has fatty acids which provide both energy (nutrients) and raw material for antimicrobial monoglycerides (functional component) when it is eaten. Monolaurin is the antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoal monoglyceride used by the human or animal to destroy lipid coated viruses such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria including listeria monocytogenes and heliobacter pylori, and protozoa such as giardia lamblia. Monocaprin has also been shown to have antiviral effects against HIV and is being tested for antiviral effects against herpes simplex and antibacterial effects against chlamydia. www.lauric.org /functional.html   (320 words)

Functional Food Science Although the term functional food is increasingly recognized as a household word, it has not been embraced totally by the health and scientific communities. In addition, the promotion of increased consumption of functional foods and their associated bioactive components should be viewed as an approach to optimized nutrition rather than as an endorsement of enhanced consumption of products as part of a marketing strategy. In the final analysis, development of the scientific underpinning of functional foods and their bioactive components as health promoters is emerging as a new frontier for nutritionists and other health professionals. www.drhoffman.com /page.cfm/153?Template=Default_Print   (2378 words)

Environ Health Perspect 107-9, 1999: Forum A key problem, contends the report, is that the distinction between foods and drugs is becoming increasingly blurred as the number of functional foods on the market continues to grow. Some functional foods are being marketed as dietary supplements, says Ilene Ringel Heller, a senior staff attorney for the CSPI and a coauthor of the report, when they should be regulated as foods with unapproved additives or as drugs. Functional ingredients added to foods should be regulated as food additives unless they are generally recognized as safe, and the FDA should also impose tighter regulation of structure/function claims for foods and require that they be based on universally recognized scientific facts, such as the fact that calcium is necessary for bone growth and development. ehp.niehs.nih.gov /docs/1999/107-9/forum.html   (3947 words)

Functional Foods, Food Resource [http://food.oregonstate.edu/], Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR These foods are"functional foods" or"physiologically functional foods" as they provide benefits either due to their components or due to the addition of a healthful ingredient. Functional Foods has links to a variety of resources on the topic. Functional foods are offered to improve lifestyle and performance, to help those with risk factors for the major diseases, and for those with chronic conditions. food.oregonstate.edu /misc/funct.html   (505 words)

Functional food — Safety aspects Functional food, beyond providing a purely nutritional value, may promote health or reduce the risk of disease. During the past few years, the potential benefits posed by functional foods have led to an increased interest by producers and consumers as well as a broader range of such products on the market worldwide. Therefore, apart from scientific proof of the beneficial effect of functional food, a well-founded safety evaluation is also necessary. www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-04/df-ff040504.php   (369 words)

April 14, 2004 - Top 10 Functional Food Trends for 2004 American consumers are more discriminating about their food and their approach to health is more aggressive and sophisticated than ever before, according to the article. Naturally gourmet - Organic foods are not proven more healthful nor safer than their traditional counterparts, but nearly a third of all consumers want the choice to buy them. As the society for food science and technology, IFT brings sound science to the public discussion of food issues. www.ift.org /cms/?pid=1000978   (514 words)

Functional food definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms Functional food: Functional foods are "those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food or ingredient that may provide a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients it contains," as defined by the Institute of Medicine. Functional foods can include foods like cereals, breads and beverages which are fortified with vitamins, herbs and nutraceuticals. Medicinal foods or "nutritionally high powered foods" have been part and parcel of the natural products industry for a long time and, through emerging scientific research and particularly through growing public interest, they have reached the mainstream. www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9491   (237 words)

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Top 10 Functional Food Trends for 2004; Photo Available"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Food Technology is the flagship magazine of the international not-for-profit scientific society Institute of Food Technologists. Naturally gourmet -- Organic foods are not proven more healthful nor safer than their traditional counterparts, but nearly a third of all consumers want the choice to buy them. Food Technology is published monthly by IFT, providing news and analysis of the development, use, quality, safety, and regulation of food sources, products, and processes. releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=104-04132004   (538 words)

Organic Functional Food The New Niche Frontier?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) Meanwhile, US sales of functional foods reached $16 billion in 1999 or 3.3% of the total food market of $474 billion, with annual growth forecast at 8-9% for the next four years. Clearly, both organic and functional foods look very attractive, and a few companies have set out to prove it's worthwhile to combine the two propositions in a premium-priced product — hoping to touch several hot buttons in the health-conscious consumer. However, creating a functional food can also be less trouble than launching an organic food, which requires the construction of a whole new supply chain. www.ffnmag.com /ASP/251/Display-Article   (1206 words)

dot pharmacy: Update on nutraceuticals All food is functional in the sense that we eat it and it provides the energy and nutrients we need to live. The functionality of Benecol centres on the inclusion of plant stanol ester, an ingredient that can lower cholesterol and which is derived from plant stanols found naturally in small amounts in foods like wheat, rye and corn. But, as with many other functional foods, quite a lot of Burgen bread needs to be eaten, at least six slices daily on a long-term basis for any health benefits to be noted. www.dotpharmacy.co.uk /upneutra.html   (1963 words)

Concepts and strategy of functional food science: the European perspective -- Roberfroid 71 (6): 1660 -- American ... Foods, Pascal (6) stated, "Functional foods must remain foods; Clydesdale F. A proposal for the establishment of scientific criteria for health claims for functional foods. Functional effects of food components and the gastrointestinal system: chicory fructooligosaccharides. www.ajcn.org /cgi/content/full/71/6/1660S   (2632 words)

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