scholarly journals Global view on functional foods: European perspectives

2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (S2) ◽  
pp. S133-S138 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Roberfroid
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Nutritional Effects ◽  
Usual Diet ◽  
Scientific Framework

In the context of this presentation, European means the European scientific community, which, over the last decade, has been working on the concepts for functional foods, producing a number of documents including a consensus paper, guidelines and scientific publications. The Functional Food Science in Europe (FUFOSE) project has been quite a unique attempt to establish a strong scientific framework to justify the functional food concept, to discover and develop new functional foods that are primarily function-driven, and to substantiate claims scientifically. Being clearly positioned as part of nutrition, the functional food concept is, however, quite distinct from other approaches like food supplementation or food fortification, and functional foods are different from nutraceuticals, pharmafoods, vitafoods and ‘alicaments’, all terms that are not defined conceptually. Functional foods are food products to be taken as part of the usual diet in order to have beneficial effects that go beyond what are known as traditional nutritional effects. Moreover, these beneficial effects have to be demonstrated scientifically to justify two specific types of claim: the enhanced function claim or the reduction of disease risk claim.Functional food is a key concept for the future of nutrition as a science because it results from the implementation in nutrition of all the basic scientific knowledge that has accumulated over the past two or three decades. To the benefit of public health this progress cannot be ignored, it needs to be recognized fully and used. But, today, functional food is still mainly a scientific concept that serves to stimulate research and the development of new products.

scholarly journals RESEARCHES ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF PHYTOSTEROLS FROM TALL OIL IN A VIEW OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION

1970 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livia Svetlana Pascal ◽  
Rodica Segal
Keyword(s):  
Solvent Extraction ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Low Density Lipoproteins ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Chemical Characteristics ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Tall Oil ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Softwood Pulp

The tall oil is a by-product resulted from the fabrication of softwood pulp by using the sulphate boiling technique. The most important components of the tall oil are the phytosterols, used in cosmetics, medicine. Lately, the phytosterols are introduced in functional foods due to their properties of decreasing the cholesterol in low density lipoproteins (LDL). In this paper the physical-chemical characteristics of the tall oil provided by the Someş, Dej Pulp Plant were studied. As a result of the studied carried out using analytical methods, it was determined that the content in phytosterols of the tall oil is of 2.68%.

Translating knowledge into dietetic practice: a Functional Foods for Healthy Aging Toolkit

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-603
Author(s):  
Alison M. Duncan ◽  
Hilary A. Dunn ◽  
Laura M. Stratton ◽  
Meagan N. Vella
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Demand For Health

The advance of functional foods has evolved because of research linking functional foods to health, a regulatory environment that allows health claims on foods, and consumer demand for health-promoting food products. Among consumers, the rapidly growing older adult segment is poised to benefit from functional foods because of age-related health issues that are linked to food and health. Registered Dietitians (RDs) are recognized as food and nutrition experts and are well positioned to communicate the benefits of functional foods. The Functional Foods for Healthy Aging Toolkit was developed to provide guidance and resource materials to assist RDs in communicating with older adults about functional foods. The toolkit provides background on functional foods, including definitions, regulations, and case studies of functional food product labels. The role of functional foods in Canada’s aging demographic is examined and the relevance to disease risk is discussed. The toolkit is appended with educational resource sheets on common functional food bioactives, including antioxidants, dietary fibre, omega-3 fatty acids, plant sterols, prebiotics, and probiotics. This publicly available toolkit can help RDs and other healthcare professionals in their interactions with older adults to maximize the value and health benefits that dietary inclusion of functional foods can offer.

scholarly journals Production of poultry meat and eggs as functional food: Challenges and opportunities

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Peric ◽  
V. Rodic ◽  
N. Milosevic
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Normal Diet ◽  
Poultry Meat ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Poultry Products ◽  
High Level ◽  
Meat And Eggs

In the last decades people became highly aware of the connection between food and health, especially in developed countries of Europe and USA. Food can only be considered functional if together with its basic nutritional impact it has beneficial effects on human health. It must improve general conditions and/or decrease the risk of the disease. Functional foods should be enhanced with added ingredients not normally found in the product, providing health benefits beyond their nutritional value. Functional foods are intended to be consumed as part of the normal diet but offer the potential of enhanced health or reduced risk of disease. Functional food could be rich in vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids or antioxidants. Poultry meat and eggs have a potential to be considered as a functional food because of the high level of conversion of beneficial nutrients from feed to poultry products. Enrichment of eggs is more pronounced than enrichment of meat because of the higher fat content. Current position and future opportunities of poultry products in production of functional food will be consider in this paper.

scholarly journals Assessment of anti-inflammatory effects of Japanese Kampo medicine versus functional foods

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Mikio Nishizawa ◽  
Tadayoshi Okumura ◽  
Yukinobu Ikeya
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Kampo Medicine ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Pharmacologically Active

Background: Traditional Japanese drugs called Kampo medicine are widely used in Japan. Each Kampo medicine consists of several crude drugs, most of which are derived from medicinal plants. Clinical administration has empirically evaluated the effects of Kampo medicine In contrast, functional foods are prepared from foods and edible plants (e.g., herbs, vegetables, and fruits). Due to the relatively low content of a pharmacologically active constituents in functional foods, their effectiveness has not been well evaluated and thus should be better investigated. Kampo medicine and functional foods have beneficial effects for humans, and many of them exhibit anti-inflammatory effects. Here, we discuss the principles and methods to assess the anti-inflammatory effects of functional foods and Kampo medicine.To investigate pharmacological effects of functional foods and Kampo medicines, their constituents should be isolated to identify their chemical structures. Cell-based studies are commonly performed to evaluate anti-inflammatory effects of the constituents in Kampo medicine and functional foods. Primary cultured rat hepatocytes are used and produce pro-inflammatory mediators, including nitric oxide. When an extract from a Kampo medicine, functional food, or a respective constituent is added to the medium, pro-inflammatory mediator production decreases, and the anti-inflammatory activity is estimated. Animal experiments have been performed using disease models, such as the endotoxemia model for animals, to which bacterial endotoxin is administered. Administering an effective functional food or Kampo medicine improves the survival of the model animals. The action of the anti-inflammatory effects of functional foods and Kampo medicines can be investigated by the above-mentioned methods. The studies using cells and animals will provide a basis for the safe and effective use of functional foods and Kampo medicine in humans to treat diseases or improve health conditions.Keywords: herbal drug, Kampo medicine, nitric oxide, inflammation, hepatocytes.

Vitamin B12: From Deficiency to Biotechnological Solution

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-326
Author(s):  
Ramona Massoud ◽  
Kianoush Khosravi-Darani ◽  
Seyed M.H. Bagheri ◽  
Amir M. Mortazavian ◽  
Sara Sohrabvandi
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin B12 ◽  
Growth Condition ◽  
Propionic Acid ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Human Food ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
B12 Production

Vitamin B12 production by using propionibacteria and enriching food to produce functional foods is an important subject for researches. Some microorganisms have the potential to produce a wide range of components that are health promoting for human. Among them Propionibacteria has been identified as an effective producer of vitamin B12 and anti-microbial compounds such as propionic acid for decades. In this study at first, the structure, health beneficial effects and properties of vitamin B12 as well as scaled up production of vitamin are mentioned. Then biotechnological strategy is described as a solution to overcome vitamin deficiency and production of functional food. Finally, the specification of propionibacteria and its growth condition as well as bacterium ability to produce some other interesting metabolite in human food as byproduct are discussed.

scholarly journals Functional foods: concepts and application to inulin and oligofructose

2002 ◽  
Vol 87 (S2) ◽  
pp. S139-S143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel B. Roberfroid
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
The Body ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Function Type ◽  
Food Components

A food can be regarded as functional if it is satisfactorily demonstrated to affect beneficially one or more target functions in the body, beyond adequate nutritional effects, in a way which is relevant to either the state of well-being and health or the reduction of the risk of a disease. Health claims are expected to be authorized for functional foods based either on enhanced function (type A claim) or disease risk reduction (type B claim). Their development is a unique opportunity to contribute to the improvement of the quality of the food offered to consumer's choice for the benefit of his well-being and health. But only a rigorous scientific approach producing sound data will garantee its success. The functional food components that are discussed in the proceedings of the 3rd ORAFTI Research Conference are the inulin-type fructans, natural food components found in miscellaneous edible plants. They are non-digestible oligosaccharides that are classified as dietary fiber. The targets for their functional effects are the colonic microflora that use them as selective ‘fertilizers’; the gastrointestinal physiology; the immune functions; the bioavailability of minerals; and the metabolism of lipids. Potential health benefits may also concern reduction of the risk of some diseases like intestinal infections, constipation, non-insulin dependent diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis or colon cancer. The present proceedings review the scientific data available and, by reference to the concepts in functional food science, they assess the scientific evidence which will be used to substantiate health claims.

scholarly journals Formulation and Evaluation of Functional food Health mixes

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 4347-4352
Author(s):  
Usharani R ◽  
Lakshmi U K
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Food Ingredient ◽  
Nutritional Benefits

Over the last few consumer’s interest in health and functional foods has increased considerably in industrialized countries thus offering an opportunity for sector to add value to agricultural commodities. Today the world appears to be increasingly interested in the health benefits of foods and have begun to look beyond their basic nutritional benefits to prevention of disease and health enhancement. Traditional systems of medicine owe their significance to the components that have their origin in plant sources and most of them were associated with routine food habits. Functional food is any fresh or processed food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supply of nutrients. functional food is any food or food ingredient that provides health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients it contains. Food supplementation is one of the effective ways of improving the health status of weavers by means of increasing the serum calcium level, regulating the blood glucose and blood pressure. Keeping all these points in mind the investigator selected low cost, locally available ingredients and foods familiar to the community to formulate food supplements to manage diseases like diabetes, hypertension and disorders. The functional foods are , flax seeds, , blue berry, carrot, vegetables, fish, garlic, whole grams, oats, oranges, spinach etc. The present study was carried out to formulate and preparation of health mixes, assess the nutrient content of health mixes, analysis of anti nutritional factors of health mixes. Overall findings revealed the functional food health mixes are reduced the risk of CVD, Diabetes , hypertension, cancer and osteoporosis.

Diet Quality, a Term Subject to Change over Time

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Elmadfa ◽  
Alexa L. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Quality Diet ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Health And Well Being

A high-quality diet is one of the foundations of health and well-being. For a long time in human history, diet was chiefly a source of energy and macronutrients meant to still hunger and give the strength for work and activities that were in general much harder than nowadays. Only few persons could afford to emphasize enjoyment. In the assessment of quality, organoleptic properties were major criteria to detect spoilage and oxidative deterioration of food. Today, food hygiene is a quality aspect that is often taken for granted by consumers, despite its lack being at the origin of most food-borne diseases. The discovery of micronutrients entailed fundamental changes of the concept of diet quality. However, non-essential food components with additional health functions were still barely known or not considered important until recently. With the high burden of obesity and its associated diseases on the rise, affluent, industrialized countries have developed an increased interest in these substances, which has led to the development of functional foods to optimize special body functions, reduce disease risk, or even contribute to therapeutic approaches. Indeed, nowadays, high contents of energy, fat, and sugar are factors associated with a lower quality of food, and products with reduced amounts of these components are valued by many consumers. At the same time, enjoyment and convenience are important quality factors, presenting food manufacturers with the dilemma of reconciling low fat content and applicability with good taste and appealing appearance. Functional foods offer an approach to address this challenge. Deeper insights into nutrient-gene interactions may enable personalized nutrition adapted to the special needs of individuals. However, so far, a varied healthy diet remains the best basis for health and well-being.

Potential Pharmaceutical and Food Applications of Postbiotics: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 1576-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz H. Rad ◽  
Amin Abbasi ◽  
Hossein S. Kafil ◽  
Khudaverdi Ganbarov
Keyword(s):  
Functional Foods ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Pharmaceutical Formulations ◽  
Live Cells ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Safe Product ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Food Applications ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Bioactive Agents

In recent decades, functional foods with ingredients comprising probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics have been gaining a lot of attention from scientists. Probiotics and postbiotics are usually applied in pharmaceutical formulations and/or commercial food-based products. These bioactive agents can be associated with host eukaryotic cells and have a key role in maintaining and restoring host health. The review describes the concept of postbiotics, their quality control and potential applications in pharmaceutical formulations and commercial food-based products for health promotion, prevention of disease and complementary treatment. Despite the effectiveness of probiotic products, researchers have introduced the concept of postbiotic to optimize their beneficial effects as well as to meet the needs of consumers to provide a safe product. The finding of recent studies suggests that postbiotics might be appropriate alternative agents for live probiotic cells and can be applied in medical, veterinary and food practice to prevent and to treat some diseases, promote animal health status and develop functional foods. Presently scientific literature confirms that postbiotics, as potential alternative agents, may have superiority in terms of safety relative to their parent live cells, and due to their unique characteristics in terms of clinical, technological and economical aspects, can be applied as promising tools in the drug and food industry for developing health benefits, and therapeutic aims.

scholarly journals Pinus Species as Prospective Reserves of Bioactive Compounds with Potential Use in Functional Food—Current State of Knowledge

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1306
Author(s):  
Marcin Dziedziński ◽  
Joanna Kobus-Cisowska ◽  
Barbara Stachowiak
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
Pine Trees ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Few Data

The pine (Pinus L.) is the largest and most heteromorphic plant genus of the pine family (Pinaceae Lindl.), which grows almost exclusively in the northern hemisphere. The demand for plant-based remedies, supplements and functional food is growing worldwide. Although pine-based products are widely available in many parts of the world, they are almost absent as food ingredients. The literature shows the beneficial effects of pine preparations on human health. Despite the wide geographical distribution of pine trees in the natural environment, there are very few data in the literature on the widespread use of pine in food technology. This study aims to present, characterise and evaluate the content of phytochemicals in pine trees, including shoots, bark and conifer needles, as well as to summarise the available data on their health-promoting and functional properties, and the potential of their use in food and the pharmaceutical industry to support health. Various species of pine tree contain different compositions of bioactive compounds. Regardless of the solvent, method, pine species and plant part used, all pine extracts contain a high number of polyphenols. Pine tree extracts exhibit several described biological activities that may be beneficial to human health. The available examples of the application of pine elements in food are promising. The reuse of residual pine elements is still limited compared to its potential. In this case, it is necessary to conduct more research to find and develop new products and applications of pine residues and by-products.

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