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U.S. Department of Agriculture

functional foods

Subject Category: E Economics, Business and Industry; Q Food and Human Nutrition
Definition: Foods that are considered, by nature or manufacture, to contain significant levels of biologically active components which provide desirable health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/412.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/412
Used For: designer foods; medicinal foods
Broader Term: foods
Narrower Term: health foods
Related Term: dietetic foods; fortified foods; medical foods; medicinal properties
Spanish: alimentos funcionales
Term Number: 412

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