history of functional foods

European Commission Concerted Action on Functional Food Science in Europe considers foods to be functional if they have a beneficial effect on one or more.

av T Lang · 2007 · Citerat av 34 — Functional foods were developed and first regulated in Japan in the 1980s, then spread to North Europe and North America, also affluent consumer ...

av M Kavya · 2024 · Citerat av 1 — This book chapter begins with the history of functional foods, where ancient cultures recognized the healing potential of certain foods.

1 jan. 2002 — Functional food is a recent concept that originated in Japan and that is being further developed there and in the United States and Europe.

av NS Kwak · 2001 · Citerat av 370 — The concept of functional foods originated from the traditional concept in Far Eastern countries that a food can function like a drug.

av CJ Henry · 2010 · Citerat av 266 — The conviction to develop functional foods first emerged in Japan in the 1980s when faced with escalating health-care costs. The Ministry of ...

av JA Weststrate · 2002 · Citerat av 331 — The concept of functional foods is often considered to have emerged in Japan in the late 1980s. However, functional foods actually have a quite long history. ...

ADA: Functional foods are foods that have health benefits beyond the nutrients they contain (ADA, 2005). Page 3. Origin of Functional Foods. The concept of ...

6 aug. 2025 — The concept of functional foods is rooted in a tradition, particularly in Asia, where people have always believed that a balanced diet and some ...

av S Carof · 2019 — Functional foods have swept across France and Europe since the late 1980s. Margarines enriched with omega 3 or phytosterols, yoghurts enriched with bifidus ...