Functional Foods

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?

• 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.
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