From nutraceuticals to food traceability

摘要

Lipidex Europe 2001 gathered speakers from around the world who touched on the key issues facing the oils and fats industry today including the role of China and India in global trade, expansion of the EU, food traceability, identity preservation and the functional foods market. Marketing the positive health aspects of fat is a tough road as the consumer focus is on reducing fat consumption, Gary-Miller, senior vice president of science and business development at ADM Nutraceutieals, told the 5th International Lipidex symposium on 19-20 June Dr Miller was speaking on the functional foods market and the 'fat-reducing' diacylglycerol oil (DAG), which ADM is marketing with Japan's Kao Corp (see also OFI May 2001, p3). He defined nutraceuticals as "naturally occurring materials found in edible products which have been demonstrated to provide positive health benefits beyond basie nutrition". A functional food was an edible product with added components that provide a positive health benefit. Dr Millersaid that for the last 20 years, the consumer focus had been on removing the 'bad' with products that were sugar-free, no-fat, no cholesterol or no sodium.