GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
functional food
Definition

food that is taken as part of the usual diet and has beneficial effects that go beyond traditional nutritional effects

Other relations
Scope note

Improved definition (EN only): Food consumed as part of the usual diet which fulfills a specific physiological function, providing health effects that go beyond traditional nutritional effects.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15181