Essentials of functional foods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidl, Mary Katherine, 1951-
Other Authors: Labuza, Theodore Peter, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gaithersburg, Md : Aspen, 2000.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Relationship of food, nutrition, and health
  • Functional foods and dietary supplements : product safety, good manufacturing practice regulations, and stability testing
  • Thermal and nonthermal preservation methods
  • Flavoring systems for functional foods
  • Measurements of nutrients and chemical components and their bioavailability
  • Infant formulas and medical foods
  • Dietary supplements
  • Dairy ingredients as a source of functional foods
  • Pre- and probiotics
  • Fats and oils and their effects on health and disease
  • The soybean as a source of bioactive molecules
  • Dietary fiber and its physiological effects
  • Food fortification with vitamin and mineral nutraceuticals
  • Antioxidants and their effect on health
  • Assessment of safety and efficacy of functional foods and ingredients
  • U.S. Government regulation of food with claims for special physiological value
  • Regulatory issues : Europe and Japan.