FUNCTIONAL FOOD AS A WAY TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND DEVELOP TOURISM
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to describe the characteristics of
functional products based on cereals and their consumption in the
market and tourism, in order to achieve the correlation between food,
nutrition and health. All this serves the purpose of building the
concept of functional food. This paper presents various technological
processes utilized to obtain functional products based on cereals, such
as pasta, bread and corn flakes enriched with nutrients (unsaturated
fatty acids, mineral elements), probiotics and antioxidants. This paper
presents the characteristics of new cereal functional products and
different ways to list ingredients. Special emphasis is put on customer
reception in the market as a key factor for the successful positioning of
a new product.
