Functional Food Product Development

Jim Smith (Editor), Edward Charter (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-7876-1

Hardcover

528 pages

June 2010, Wiley-Blackwell

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-- A comprehensive review of the latest opportunities in this commercially important sector of the food industry

-- Includes chapters highlighting functional food opportunities for specific health issues such as obesity, immunity, brain health, heart disease and the development of children. New technologies of relevance to functional foods are also addressed, such as emulsion delivery systems and nanoencapsulation

-- Includes chapters on product design and the use of functional ingredients such as antioxidants, probiotics and prebiotics as well as functional ingredients from plant and dairy sources

-- Specific examples of taking products to market are provided in the form of case studies e.g. microalgae functional ingredients