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Prospects of Functional Foods/Nutraceuticals and Markets

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Abstract

Functional foods and nutraceuticals are reported as one of the top trends of the food industry, but because of the different definitions of the terms, it is uneasy to calculate their global market size. With a broad definition, this value is well over $40 billion, and is showing steady annual increases both in sales and new products launched. However, there are differences according to the ingredients and the claims used.

Several factors are considered crucial for the future market evolution: the degree of acceptance and awareness of functional foods by consumers, the association between manufacturers and academic researchers, and the effects of new regulations for nutrition and health claims. Concretely, the Regulation 1924/2006 will have a great impact on the number of products bearing a claim. We have analyzed European Authority of Food Safety (EFSA) opinions on plant extracts and phytochemicals, including phenolic compounds, since they can provide lessons for the development of functional foods all over the world.

Scientific research is indispensable for the substantiation of the evidence for functional foods. Advances in the characterization of plants ingredients by hyphenated MS and NMR technologies, standardization of human clinical trials, and emerging methodologies like bioinformatics or nutrigenomics can be crucial for the development of new functional products.

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Abbreviations

EFSA:

European Food and Safety Authority

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

ILSI:

International Life Science Institute

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The authors wish to thank Alberto Pasamontes, Aleksandra Rózek, Maria Pilar Martí, Eva Borràs, and Montse Cabré for their assistance in the analysis of EFSA opinions on health claims.

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Valls, J. et al. (2013). Prospects of Functional Foods/Nutraceuticals and Markets. In: Ramawat, K., Mérillon, JM. (eds) Natural Products. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_67

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