1. ---------------------------------------------- College of Food Technology, VNMKV, Parbhani 431 402
Presented to
DR. K. S. Gadhe
Prof. & HOD
Presented by
Vaibhav P. Jadhav
2022T08M
Seminar on
Functional Foods: Current Status And Safety
And Regulatory Issues

3. Overview
• How to define “Functional Food”
• Common misconceptions
• Regulation of functional foods
• Categories of functional foods
• Functional food in relation to consumer trends

4. Learning Objectives
1. Know what functional food is and be aware of
common misconceptions
2. Recognize what types of foods are marketed as
functional foods and how they play a role in consumer
trends
3. Understand the regulation of functional foods

5. What is a “Functional Food”?
• No standard definition
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics definition: –
“Whole foods along with fortified, enriched, or enhanced
foods that have a potentially beneficial effect on health
when consumed as part of a varied diet on a regular basis at
effective levels based on significant standards of evidence.”

6. Defining Functional Foods

7. Common Misconceptions
• The term “functional foods” does NOT include: –
Nutraceuticals
• Dietary supplements
• Medical foods

8. Regulation of Functional Foods
 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
• No provision for defining functional foods
• The intended use of a food is the main determinant for regulatory
status
 4 types of claims allowed on functional food labels:
• nutrient content claims
• structure/function claims
• health claims
• qualified health claims.

9. Categories of Functional Foods
Three Categories:
1. Conventional foods containing natural bioactive food
compounds
2. Modified foods containing bioactive food compounds
through enrichment or fortification
3. Food ingredients that are synthesized

10. How Functional Foods play a role in Consumer
Trends
• Focus of research shifting from nutrients that can cure
deficiency diseases to nutrients that can prevent diseases
-Trend to self-treat
• “Prescriptive eating,” is ranked among the top 10 food trends
(Institute of Food Technologists’ Food Technology magazine)

11. How Functional Foods play a role in Consumer Trends

12. How Functional Foods play a role in Consumer Trends
Factors driving the functional food market:
• Rising health care costs
• The increasing age of the population
• Obesity epidemic
• High levels of lifestyle diseases

13. Conclusion
• No standard definition of functional foods
Provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition
• Functional foods are not the same as nutraceuticals
• Included the in regulation of foods in conventional form
• Becoming a growing trend in the consumer market.

14. Thank You…