Healthcare experts believe nutraceutical foods could be an alternative to medication

Feb. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- The report “Innovations in Delivery Methods for Nutraceutical Food and Drinks” http://www.piribo.com/publications/dietary/innovations_delivery_methods_nutraceutical_food_drinks.html explores the range of manufacturing technologies that are available for encapsulating ingredients to change their performance characteristics. The report focuses on innovation and the companies with the expertise to design new delivery systems with improved properties for ingredient delivery. Over the last decade, the food industry has begun to invest in delivery technologies.

According to the 104 page report, over the past decade, consumers have become more concerned for their health and are increasingly inclined to self-medicate. Healthcare providers, too, are keen to shift some of the burden of healthcare costs to individuals and recognise that functional foods may provide alternatives to medications. Adding nutraceuticals to processed foods can be challenging: The ingredient must be delivered to the customer in a form that tastes good, feels good & is stable & bioavailable. However, many ingredients are sensitive to the manufacturing process, have their own unpleasant flavours or colours, or adversely affect product stability. The food industry has begun to invest in innovative delivery technologies to overcome these problems and thus to improve the health benefits offered by their functional foods or beverages. These delivery systems also have the potential to reduce the costs associated with food processing by reducing overages of unstable nutrients.

The report “Innovations in Delivery Methods for Nutraceutical Food and Drinks” is available from Piribo at:
http://www.piribo.com/publications/dietary/innovations_de...

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