Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Functional Foods

Functional foods are foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition, owing to the presence of bioactive components that may help maintain well-being or reduce the risk of disease. They include naturally nutrient-rich or bioactive-containing foods as well as products fortified or enriched with ingredients …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 156× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Functional foods are foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition, owing to the presence of bioactive components that may help maintain well-being or reduce the risk of disease. They include naturally nutrient-rich or bioactive-containing foods as well as products fortified or enriched with ingredients such as probiotics, prebiotics, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other beneficial compounds. The concept overlaps with nutraceuticals and is grounded in growing evidence that diet plays an important role in health, supporting functions such as gut health, immune function, cardiovascular health, and metabolic balance. As consumer interest in preventive nutrition has grown, functional foods have become an active area of research and product development, with attention to demonstrating genuine health effects, characterizing bioactive ingredients, and ensuring quality and safety. Within the scope of the International Journal of Nutrition, this collection includes directly relevant work, including overviews of functional food and nutraceuticals, a study of nutraceutical demand during the pandemic, an exploration of the broader need for functional food products, research on probiotic supplements, and a systematic review of DHA and EPA effects on triglyceride levels. The page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to functional foods, nutraceuticals, and the role of bioactive dietary components in health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Functional Food

Monica ButnariuCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 109 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615
2024

A Study on Nutraceuticals

Manya BajajCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-24-4921

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 156 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Functional Foods, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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