It will play a role in functional foods, babyfoods and so on, but its purpose is not to run campaigns on healthy eating.
Very high quality rye is used there in the production of functional foods.
Other products on offer include over-the-counter medicines, and vitamins, minerals, functional foods and herbal remedies, for which medicinal claims are made.
Research involves candidates for functional food ingredients by examining the efficacy of novel bioactive materials such as plant sterols -- natural components found in plants which can act as cholesterol-lowering agents.
They promote an integrative approach to health that includes dietary supplements, functional food, and other lifestyle changes which they assert will reduce healthcare costs to a sustainable level.
It manufactures natural, nutritious, functional food and ingredients with modern bioengineering technique and becomes one of the largest soybean further processing companies all over the world.
Verbascoside-enriched extracts might have interesting applications in cosmetic, nutraceuticals or functional food.
As a functional food component, prebiotics, like probiotics, are conceptually intermediate between foods and drugs.
