Food Therapy. Functional Foods
Description
With the connection between diet and health well established, food manufacturers have been quick to design products that appeal to the health-conscious consumer. In this program, we explore the boom in so-called "functional foods," such as vitamin-B-enriched breakfast cereals, calcium-enriched milk, and vitamin-enriched fruit juices. We examine functional foods of the past and present, and some potential future products. Comparisons are made between the benefits of eating functional food products and eating a variety of less processed, and often less expensive, foods. The value of nutritional information on food labels is explained, in particular the recommended daily intakes, or RDIs - and we learn about the legal constraints on the way functional foods can be promoted and labeled.
Runtime
15 min
Series
Subjects
- Diet therapy (39)
- Nutrition (648)
- Food industry and trade (258)
- Diet (387)
- Food service (145)
- Food (360)
- Artificial foods industry (89)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
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