FUNCTIONAL FOODS: CONSUMER ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Keith W. Singletary and Michelle A. Morganosky

Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2004, vol. 35, issue 01, 5

Abstract: Scientific progress in understanding the relationship of diet to disease, along with increasing health-care costs and consumers' desires to make healthy lifestyle improvements, provides a significant impetus for the development of novel foods with health benefits (functional foods). Combining sound science, effective and balanced communication strategies, and changes in the regulatory environment, important benefits could be realized for the entire food system, including producers, food manufacturers, retailers, and consumers.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.27151

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