functional food en · NOUN
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Any fresh or processed food claimed to have a health-promoting and/or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients.
These “functional foods”, which included protein powders and shakes, were branded as sports nutrition and primarily targeted at men.
2021 September 15, Sirin Kale, “Muscles and methane: how protein became the food industry’s biggest craze”, in The Guardian:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| functional foods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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sv nyttomat (health-promoting food) · sv mervärdesmat (health-promoting food) · gl alimento funcional (health-promoting food) · cy bwyd gweithredus (health-promoting food) · fi terveysvaikutteinen elintarvike (health-promoting food) · es alimento funcional (health-promoting food) · vi thực phẩm chức năng (health-promoting food)