Functional foods

Supercritical botanical CO 2 extracts
Flavex Naturextrakte GmbH
Flavex CO₂ extracts with their unique spectrum of ingredients, meet the stringent quality standards of the fast-growing organic, functional and premium food market. more...

How do you want your fruit?
Mondi Foods NV
Mondi Foods began more than 40 years ago as a pioneer in fruit trading, and is now one of the largest industrial processors of red fruit in Europe. more...

Developments in probiotics
Morinaga Nutritional Foods Deutschland GmbH
The popularity of probiotic products shows no sign of waning. A new capsule technology enables the delivery of living cell cultures direct to the intestine, without requiring damaging production methods. more...

Protecting the cells in our bodies
Asta Real AB
One health supplement in Sweden shows a unique set of benefits – so much so that the national ski team has been using it for years. more...

Fruit Cocktail: Combining Taste With Health Benefits
Chiquita
Tropical fruit purees, juices and other products can be used in a wide range of processed foods to provide a powerful combination of flavour and health benefits. more...

Food Gets Functional
Consumers are now looking for more from their food than basic nutrition: they want health and vitality too. And as Food Processing Intelligence discovers, a growing number of food producers are happy to oblige. more...

Glad to be grey
The ageing global population’s determination to stay fit and healthy in later life is driving an increasingly important market for functional food products. Camilla Palmer spoke to some of the manufacturers. more...

Healthy ice cream anyone?
TNO Nutrition and Food Research (TNO Voeding)
The relentless increase in obesity in the developed world presents both a problem and an opportunity to ice cream manufacturers. more...

Essential oils
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids
Food manufacturers have the unenviable task of convincing the average consumer that omega-3 fortified products have profound health benefits. Patience is required. more...

The pros of prebiotics
Nutrition Communications
As the limitations of probiotics became apparent, scientists began to research new ways of increasing the amount of beneficial bacteria in the human digestive system. Dr Carrie Ruxton, nutrition consultant at Nutrition Communications, looks at the introduction of prebiotics into human and animal diets. more...

Functional form
Key Note
In response to the rapid rate of growth in the functional foods industry, researchers at Key Note produced the Functional Foods Market Assessment 2004, examining whether future market trends will follow a similar pattern. more...

Antioxidant advances
Nestlé Research Centre
Consumers are increasingly intrigued and concerned by the direct link between their diet and their health. Professor Gary Williamson, head of nutrient bioavailability at the Nestlé Research Centre, examines the prospect of adding polyphenol supplements to food products. more...