FOOD4023

Course Descriptions

This course explores nutritional enhancement with respect to foods or dietary components that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition or deliver specific physiological benefits to health and/or reduce the risk of diseases. Categories and examples of functional foods, the scientific basis to support claims for functional components and the link between functional foods with balanced diet and diseases will be explored. Continuous consumer demands and the response of the food industry will be analysed and discussed. This course provides students with the concept, scope and chemistry of functional foods; the highlight of functional foods in the food industry; and the impact on the development of new functional food products.

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