Functional Ingredients Topic

Functional Ingredients

This section presents health news, new ingredients, research and new products as classified by functional ingredient type. These ingredients include antioxidants; bioactives; botanicals; dietary fiber & prebiotics; fruits, nuts & vegetables; grains & seeds; minerals, nutritional lipids, fats & oils; probiotics; proteins, collagen, amino acids & peptides; and vitamins & vitamin-like products.

Topics

Antioxidants

Whole foods to extracts and individual molecules provide dietary antioxidants.

Bioactives, Specialty/Other

Purified nutrients and medicinal components show health-enhancing properties.

Botanicals

From tea to Ayurvedic medicine, industry gains a better understanding of these component's health benefits.

Dietary Fiber & Prebiotics

A diverse category, fibers display a range of health properties.

Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables

Whole food ingredients to concentrates and complex extracts enhance health.

Grains & Seeds

Governmental policy to health food enthusiasts promote grain and seed consumption.

Minerals

Essential minerals to specialized and emerging ones benefit specific conditions.

Nutritional Lipids, Fats & Oils

Omegas to CLA to specialized baking fats help improve one's health status.

Probiotics

On-going studies reveal the remarkable health benefits of these living organisms.

Proteins, Collagen, Amino Acids & Peptides

Individual amino acids to complex proteins offer a variety of health benefits.

Vitamins & Vitamin-like

Vitamin A to compounds like taurine contribute basic nutrition to specialized medicinal benefits.

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