Download or read book The Role of Alternative and Innovative Food Ingredients and Products in Consumer Wellness written by Charis M. Galanakis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-07-20 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Role of Alternative and Innovative Food Ingredients and Products in Consumer Wellness provides a guide for innovative food ingredients and food products. The book covers consumer wellness as it relates to food ingredients and functional foods, alternative ingredients, food products fortified with extracts derived from food processing by-products, food products based on Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their health effects, selected superfoods and related super diets, edible insects, microalgae as health ingredients for functional foods and spirulina related products, fruit-based functional foods, pro- and pre-biotics, gluten-free products, and bioaromas. Food scientists, food technologists and nutrition researchers working on food applications and food processing will find this book extremely useful. In addition, those interested in the development of innovative products and functional foods will also benefit from this reference, as will students who study food chemistry, food science, technology, and food processing in postgraduate programs. Connects integrally new and reconsidered food ingredients with innovative food products Addresses consumer wellness as it relates to food ingredients and functional foods Analyzes food products and processes with the highest market potential