Food grade and health food grade what is the difference
For people with abnormal physiological function, health (functional) food can regulate a physiological function, strengthen the immune system. From a scientific point of view, pay attention to the usual balanced diet, regular living habits, timely and appropriate exercise, to maintain a cheerful character, is the fundamental guarantee of health.
Healthy (functional) The physiologically active substance in food is obtained by extracting, separating, concentrating (or adding a substance having a high purity) to the desired concentration in the human body, Three functions. Health (functional) The essence of food is still food, although the regulation of the role of a human body function, but it is not the human treatment of disease substances. For healthy people who want to maintain health or prevent a disease, health (functional) foods are a nutritional supplement.
with a specific function (the third function of food); and general food does not emphasize specific functions (food Third function). (2) health (functional) food generally have a specific range of food (specific population), and general food no specific range of food. In the general food also contains physiologically active substances, because the content is low, in the human body can not achieve the concentration of regulatory function, can not achieve efficacy.
General food and health (functional) foods are common and different. Common: health (functional) food and general food can provide the basic nutrients necessary for human survival (the first function of food), have a specific color, smell, taste, shape (the second function of food). Differences: (1) health (functional) food contains a certain amount of active ingredients (physiologically active substances), can regulate the body's function,
There is also a special kind of food in the food, "by changing the food composition of natural nutrients and content ratio to meet the needs of certain special needs of the food" (GB13432-1992 "special nutrition food label" 3.l). Such as the physiological characteristics of infants and young children to meet the nutritional needs of food, by adding nutritional supplements of food, all belong to this type of food. Special nutritious food and health (functional) food in common is: are added or contain a certain amount of physiologically active substances, suitable for specific groups of people eat. The difference is that the former does not need to be tested by animals or humans, and there is no need to confirm a significant effect; the latter must demonstrate a clear and stable effect by animal or population experiments.
