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the United Kingdom as a more important factor than exercise or hereditary factors in achieving good health. Canada defined them as ‘product of foods but
sold in pills, powders, (potions) and other medicinal forms not normally associated with food’. In India, nutraceuticals are seen as the food components
made from herbal or botanical raw materials, which are used for preventing or
treating different types of chronic and acute maladies (Thakur et al. 2010).
Nowadays, nutraceuticals are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the
industry with an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%
(Healthcare Packaging 2019). The global nutraceutical market is estimated to
increase from $241 billion market in 2019 to $373 billion in 2025 (Healthcare
Packaging 2019). The definite use of nutraceuticals has been to achieve desirable therapeutic outcomes with reduced side effects. Herbal Nutraceuticals are
powerful instruments in sustaining health and act contrary to nutritionally
induced acute and chronic diseases by promoting optimal health, longevity and
quality of life.
2.2.2 Scope
The philosophy behind nutraceuticals is focused on prevention. Most times it can be
used in the context of Dietary supplements and/or functional food.
(a) Dietary Supplements: Dietary supplements are products envisioned to complement the diet that accepts or contains one or more of the following dietary
ingredients: a mineral, a vitamin, an amino acid, a herb or other botanical, constituent, metabolite, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet
by increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, extract, or combinations of
these ingredients (Zeisel 1999). Dietary supplements are not intended to treat or
remedy disease whereas nutraceuticals emphasize more on the expected results
of these products, such as prevention or treatment of diseases.
(b) Functional Food: As defined by the United States of America Institute of
Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board, functional food is “any food or food
ingredient that may offer a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients it
contains”. The functional food concept is – “Food products to be taken as part
of the usual diet in order to have helpful effects that go beyond basic nutritional
function”. Functional foods contain physiologically active components obtained
either from plants or animal sources (Ernst 2001).
2.2.3 Classification
Nutraceuticals or functional foods can be classified on the basis of their sources:
natural or traditional and unnatural or non-traditional.
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the United Kingdom as a more important factor than exercise or hereditary factors in achieving good health. Canada defined them as ‘product of foods but
sold in pills, powders, (potions) and other medicinal forms not normally associated with food’. In India, nutraceuticals are seen as the food components
made from herbal or botanical raw materials, which are used for preventing or
treating different types of chronic and acute maladies (Thakur et al. 2010).
Nowadays, nutraceuticals are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the
industry with an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%
(Healthcare Packaging 2019). The global nutraceutical market is estimated to
increase from $241 billion market in 2019 to $373 billion in 2025 (Healthcare
Packaging 2019). The definite use of nutraceuticals has been to achieve desirable therapeutic outcomes with reduced side effects. Herbal Nutraceuticals are
powerful instruments in sustaining health and act contrary to nutritionally
induced acute and chronic diseases by promoting optimal health, longevity and
quality of life.
2.2.2 Scope
The philosophy behind nutraceuticals is focused on prevention. Most times it can be
used in the context of Dietary supplements and/or functional food.
(a) Dietary Supplements: Dietary supplements are products envisioned to complement the diet that accepts or contains one or more of the following dietary
ingredients: a mineral, a vitamin, an amino acid, a herb or other botanical, constituent, metabolite, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet
by increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, extract, or combinations of
these ingredients (Zeisel 1999). Dietary supplements are not intended to treat or
remedy disease whereas nutraceuticals emphasize more on the expected results
of these products, such as prevention or treatment of diseases.
(b) Functional Food: As defined by the United States of America Institute of
Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board, functional food is “any food or food
ingredient that may offer a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients it
contains”. The functional food concept is – “Food products to be taken as part
of the usual diet in order to have helpful effects that go beyond basic nutritional
function”. Functional foods contain physiologically active components obtained
either from plants or animal sources (Ernst 2001).
2.2.3 Classification
Nutraceuticals or functional foods can be classified on the basis of their sources:
natural or traditional and unnatural or non-traditional.
2 Nutraceuticals: History, Classification and Market Demand