Food and nutraceutical industries

The encapsulation of bioactive compounds represents an efficient approach of wide use in the food and nutraceutical industry to promote homogeneous dispersion of bioactive compounds in the end product, to protect them from interaction with other ingredients and from degradation during end product transformation, storage, and preparation, as well as to control their release where needed. 

Dr. Hurst has assembled a group of outstanding international contributors in the forefront of analysis for functional foods and nutraceuticals, and together they have produced an outstanding reference book, which is expected to be a valuable resource for researchers teachers students food, nutrition and health practitioners and all those working in the functional food and nutraceutical industry. 

Chapter 1 familiarizes the readers with the prospects of marine organism-derived substances in relation to medicinal value. It covers the present and future prospects of marine organisms. Chapters 2-11 describe the sources of marine bioactives. Individual chapters cover the importance and values of some frequently used marine animal species. Chapters 12-23, cover the medicinal effects of bioactives from marine animals. Chapters 24-29 discuss the value of microbes as medicinal foods. Finally, Chapters 30-32, discusses the applications of marine animals-derived materials in medicinal and nutraceutical industries in relation to human health. 

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Lycopene is presently of particular interest for the food and pharmaceutical industries, both as a natural colorant and as a nutraceutical. People knowledge and... 

The book ends with a more general chapter, albeit one that is critical to the success of the sector. Safety of the products is paramount and needs to be carefully addressed if the functional foods and nutraceutical products are to take their legitimate place in the kit of tools that can be used to maintain the health and well-being of the population. Anecdotal evidence of either safety or efficacy will not suffice to ensure the long-term impact that nutraceuticals and functional foods can bring to the quality of life in the general population. Market forces will continue to be a major driver for the industry, as many players ranging from small entrepreneurs to multinational food and pharmaceutical companies seek to enter the marketplace. 

N. Bonnaudin, "A Solution for the Treatment of Wastewater from Food and Pharmaceutical Industries Hydrothermal Oxidation, Presented at The Role of Supercritical Fluid Technology in Pharmaceutical/Nutraceutical/Food Processing, Supermat Network Seminar, July 6-8, 2005 (www.univ-pau.fr/supermat/OP6.pdf). 

Most recent evidence indicates that DFAs can even protect the intestinal tract against agressive agents favor the assimilation of antioxidants, and act as a druglike food for the treatment of colon ailments such as inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease). The development of efficient methodologies for the preparation of DFA-enriched caramels, compatible with the food and agricultural industry regulations, may lead to new natural functional foods and nutraceuticals based on DFAs in the near future. 

The exceptional physical, functional, and nutritional properties of organogels have attracted the attention of the food and pharmaceutical industries. Organogels are used for delivery of drugs, foods, nutraceutical and many other pharmaceutical ingredients through various routes such as oral, parenteral, transdermal, topical, etc. 

It must be remarked that, because of the health beneficial properties of bioactive compounds, the interest for their encapsulation extends not only to the food and beverage industry, but also to the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, as well as to the agricultural industry. 

Separation, extraction and concentration processes in the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries... 

S Rizvi, ed, Separation, extraction and concentration processes in the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries, Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition 202, pp. 698, 2010... 

Functional foods and nutraceuticals are reported as one of the top trends of the food industry, but because of the different definitions of the terms, it is uneasy to calculate their global market size. With a broad definition, this value is weU over... 

The functional foods and nutraceuticals market is one of the healthiest sectors in food industry, and is experiencing a continuous growth even in the context of an economic recession. However, to keep being successful, it is mandatory to assure the acceptance and awareness of consumers. The presence of many ingredients whose efficacy can be doubted can first mislead consumers and later compromise the credibility of the whole functional foods concept. 

Encapsulation technologies and delivery systems for food irrgredients and nutraceuticals Edited by N. Garti and D. J. McClements Case studies in food safety and authenticity Edited byJ. Hoorfar Heat treatment for insect control Developments and applications D. Hammond Advances in aquaculture hatchery technology Edited by G. Allan and G. Burnell Open innovation in the food and beverage industry Frf/ferf byM. Garcia Martinez... 

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