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By Shereen Jegtvig, About.com Guide to Nutrition since 2004

Functional Foods

Tuesday April 18, 2006
The Institute of Food Technologists highlights the top ten functional food trends for 2006 in their April 2006 issue of Food Technology. The functional foods industry is currently a $36 billion-a-year market, and growing as consumers become more interested in choosing foods that will not only taste good, but also help to improve their health. The trends include:
  • Reformulating children's food products
  • Reduced calorie snacks
  • Phytochemicals
  • Functional foods that have multiple benefits
  • Addition of healthy fats
  • Catering to older adults
  • Being aware of the glycemic index, grains and gluten
  • Natural-Organic foods
  • Energy boosting foods
  • Fun ideas to make eating and drinking healthy products more enjoyable
Poll: Which of these functional food trends interests you the most?
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