| Abstract from DBPedia | A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients. The term may also apply to traits purposely bred into existing edible plants, such as purple or gold potatoes having increased anthocyanin or carotenoid contents, respectively. Functional foods may be "designed to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond basic nutritional functions, and may be similar in appearance to conventional food and consumed as part of a regular diet". The term was first used in the 1980s in Japan, where there is a government approval process for functional foods called Foods for Specified Health Use (FOSHU).健康食品（けんこうしょくひん）とは、広く健康の保持増進に資するものとして販売され利用されている食品。ただし、日本や米国などでは「健康食品」に関する法律上の定義は存在しない。 一般的に、通常の飲食物の形態をとるほか、粉末や錠剤やカプセルなど医薬品と似た形態のものも多い。ビタミンなどの栄養素や動植物の抽出物を補給するものはサプリメントとも呼ばれる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Functional_food) |
