Contents List of contributors List of abbreviations Introduction Part I General issues 1 Defining functional foods M.B. Roberfroid, Universite Catholique de louvain, Brussels L1 Introduction 1.2 Functional foods: defining the concept 1.3 Functional food science 1.4 Communicating functional claims 1.6 Food technology and its impact on functional food development 1.7 Future trends 1 8 References 2 EU legislation and functional foods: a case study P. Berry Ottaway, Consultant, Berry Ottaway and Associates Ltd, Hereto 2 Introduction 2.2 Product description 2.3 Product positioning in the European market 2.4 Product compositionList of contributors ..................................................... xiii List of abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Introduction 1 Part I General issues 1 Defining functional foods ........................................ 9 M.B. Roberfroid, Universite´ Catholiquie de Louvain, Brussels 1.1 Introduction . . ................................................ 9 1.2 Functional foods: defining the concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.3 Functional food science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.4 Communicating functional claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.5 Case studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1.6 Food technology and its impact on functional food development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1.7 Future trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2 EU legislation and functional foods: a case study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 P. Berry Ottaway, Consultant, Berry Ottaway and Associates Ltd, Hereford 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.2 Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.3 Product positioning in the European market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2.4 Product composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Contents