Main description:

Functional foods and nutraceuticals are food products that naturally offer or have been modified to offer additional health benefits beyond basic nutrition. As such products have surged in popularity in recent years, it is crucial that researchers and manufacturers understand the concepts underpinning functional foods and the opportunity they represent to improve human health, reduce healthcare costs, and support economic development worldwide.

Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Bioactive Components, Formulations and Innovations presents a guide to functional foods from experienced professionals in key institutions around the world. The text provides background information on the health benefits, bioavailability, and safety measurements of functional foods and nutraceuticals. Subsequent chapters detail the bioactive components in functional foods responsible for these health benefits, as well as the different formulations of these products and recent innovations spurred by consumer demands. Authors emphasize product development for increased marketability, taking into account safety issues associated with functional food adulteration and solutions to be found in GMP adherence. Various food preservation methods aimed at enhancing the quality and shelf life of functional food are also highlighted. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Bioactive Components, Formulations and Innovations is the first of its kind, designed to be useful to students, teachers, nutritionists, food scientists, food technologists and public health regulators alike.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Part I: Introduction to functional foods and nutraceuicals

Chapter 1: Functional foods and health benefits

Chapter 2: Bioavailability of Nutrients and Safety Measurements

Part II: Components of functional foods

Chapter 3: Polyphenols and carotenoids as functional Bioactives

Chapter 4: Bioactive carbohydrates and sources

Chapter 5: Bioactive peptides and sources

Chapter 6: Fats and oils as sources of bioactive molecules

Chapter 7: Micronutrients fortifications: Vitamins and minerals

Chapter 8: Usefulness of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in improving health status

Chapter 9: Cereals and grains as functional food in Unani system of medicine

Chapter 10: Soya beans and other plant protein products

Chapter 11: Honey

Chapter 12: Mushrooms

Chapter 13: Beverages: Cocoa and other caffeine products

Chapter 14: Milk and milk products

Chapter 15: Fruits and vegetables

Chapter 16: Fish and fish products

Chapter 17: Medical foods and infant formulas

Part III: Safety Concerns and way forward

Chapter 18: Nutraceutical stability, adulteration and way forward

Chapter 19: Good manufacturing practices and safety issues in functional food industries

Chapter 20: Food preservation concerns