Natural
Functional Food Market is projected to grow at CAGR of 5.6% as it is backed up by the growing demand for
functional food and increasing varieties of natural
functional food products.
* To understand the structure of
Functional Food and Beverage Market by identifying its various sub segments.
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functional foods were regulated in Punjab without any law but the PFA started work on it, especially after the verdict of the Lahore High Court.
Falling short of dominant brands, the players are primarily from the
functional food and pharmaceutical industries.
Let us now switch our attention to Finland and Sweden, where a liberal government approach in the late '80s and early '90s stimulated the development of the nascent
functional foods industry.
The new
functional food concepts that received the best scores are presented in the table below.
The Oslo-based organisation has grant-supported more than 12 different Nordic
functional food development projects since 2006.
Q: Is there any evidence to show that the rise in
functional food consumption has reduced the occurrence of certain diseases?
The trend toward more
functional food and consumers embracing natural and organic products has led IRI to project that sales of
functional food and beverages will reach $60 billion by 2009, a 67% increase over the 2006 level.
The second patentability hurdle that may confront a
functional food similar to the Authentique d'Orleans is that any patent rights granted in the invention will be unable to claim the plant as a whole entity.
We used data for grocery purchases made by 7,195 households in 603 food product categories and household demographic data from an AC Nielsen Homescan Data set from 1999 to examine the
functional food purchases of consumer households in order to gain insight into some of their buying characteristics.
Datamonitor's research revealed marketing emphasis and availability have influenced the success of
functional foods, beverages and supplements more than consumer demographics.
