Nutraceutical — Nutraceutical, a portmanteau of the words “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical”, is a food or food product that reportedly provides health and medical benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. Health Canada defines the term as a… … Wikipedia
Food processing — is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes… … Wikipedia
Food fortification — or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. It can be purely a commercial choice to provide extra nutrients in a food, or sometimes it is a public health policy which aims to reduce… … Wikipedia
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nutraceutical — (noo.truh.SOO.tuh.kul) n. A pill or other pharmaceutical product that has nutritional value; a food that has had its nutritional value enhanced by pharmaceuticals. (Also spelled as nutriceutical.) Example Citation: Purists, who stick to the… … New words
Nutraceutical — Functional Food (auch Nutraceutical von nutrition = Ernährung und pharmaceutical= Pharmazeutikum), auf deutsch funktionelle Lebensmittel, sind Nahrungsmittel, die mit zusätzlichen Inhaltsstoffen (Nahrungsergänzungsmittel) angereichert werden, die … Deutsch Wikipedia
Food supplements — merge|Dietary supplement|Talk:Food supplements#Merger proposal|date=December 2007 A food supplement is, typically, a nutrient added to a foodstuff which would otherwise not contain that nutrient. In general, the term is restricted to those… … Wikipedia
Nutraceutical — A food or part of a food that allegedly provides medicinal or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. A nutraceutical may be a naturally nutrient rich or medicinally active food, such as garlic or soybeans, or it may… … Medical dictionary
nutraceutical — UK [ˌnjuːtrəˈsjuːtɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌnutrəˈsutɪk(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms nutraceutical : singular nutraceutical plural nutraceuticals a food or natural substance that people eat in order to feel more healthy … English dictionary
Food preservation — Canadian World War I poster encouraging people to preserve food for the winter … Wikipedia
