Functional Foods: The Consumer (Special Publications) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0854047921 ISBN 13: 9780854047925

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998

Synopsis

Diet and health are subjects which always arouse interest and concern from many sources, including the media, the general public and government committees. The recent focus of the food industry has been to develop products with positive nutritional benefits, and the latest research is documented in Functional Foods. Informative and thought provoking, the three key areas covered are the evidence for benefit of functional food ingredients for human health, the technological challenges of incorporating such ingredients into products, and consumer and regulatory issues. This important new book critically examines areas such as evidence for the benefit of dietary fibre, fermented dairy products and fish oils, approaches to assessing the adequacy of scientific evidence, consumer health concerns which may be addressed by functional foods, and the current regulatory position. This unique volume, which catalogues the experience of real products, will be vital to those working in food product development, to marketeers or anyone concerned with nutrition.

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Review

"...A good overview...valuable background reading..." * British Nutrition Foundation Nutrition Bulletin Vol 23 Winter 1998 * "... well researched, with up-to-date references and an international authorship ... suitable for a wide audience, including food scientists, food technologists, nutritionists, marketeers and those working in food product development." * Chemistry & Industry: The Consumer, The Products and the Evidence *

Synopsis

Diet and health are subjects which always arouse interest and concern from many sources, including the media, the general public and government committees. The recent focus of the food industry has been to develop products with positive nutritional benefits, and the latest research is documented in this book. The three key areas covered are the evidence for benefit of functional food ingredients for human health, the technological challenges of incorporating such ingredients into products, and consumer regulatory issues. This book critically examines areas such as evidence for the benefit of dietry fibre, fermented dairy products and fish oils, approaches to assessing the adequacy of scientific evidence, consumer health concerns which may be addressed by functional foods, and the current regulatory position.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854047921
• ISBN 13: 9780854047925
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 215
• Editor: Saltmarsh Mike, Sadler Michele