Recent Trends in Functional Food Science and the Industry in Japan
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International recognition of functional foods has resulted in the recent global development of this field, which originated in Japan. The national policy on functional foods, in terms of "foods for specified health use", also has been developing and has motivated the food industry to produce a variety of new food items. In Japan as well as in many other countries, academic and industrial scientists have been working in collaboration for the analysis and practical applications of functional food science. Emphasis has been placed on the study of antioxidant and anticarcinogenic food factors as well as pre- and probiotics. This review pinpoints recent trends in the science and industry in this field.
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Trehalulose has relative sweetness to sucrose between 0.4 and 0.7, which is particularly interesting for physically active diabetic individuals or sportsmen because of its similar properties to isomaltulose.
“Its relative sweetness to sucrose is between 0.4 and 0.7, which is particularly interesting for physically active diabetic individuals, or sportsmen, because of its similar properties to isomaltulose [59]”
From The 4R’s Framework of Nutritional Strategies for Post-Exercise Recovery: A Review with Emphasis on New Generation of Carbohydrates (2020) · cites this paper as [59]
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“7, which is particularly interesting for physically active diabetic individuals, or sportsmen, because of its similar properties to isomaltulose [59]; however, research is needed in this regard.”
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- Authors
- ARAI, S., MORINAGA, Y., YOSHIKAWA, T., ICHIISHI, E., KISO, Y., YAMAZAKI, M., MOROTOMI, M., SHIMIZU, M., KUWATA, T., & KAMINOGAWA, S.
- Affiliations
- Tokyo University of Agriculture (JP)
- Ajinomoto (Japan) (JP)
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (JP)
- Suntory (Japan) (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
- Yakult Central Institute (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Meiji (Japan) (JP)
- Venue
- Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-01
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2017-2029
- ISSN
- 0916-8451 (ISSN-L)
- 1347-6947
- OpenAlex
- W1984858031
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
- National Institutes of Health
- Johnson and Johnson
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food Science and Nutritional Studies
- Keywords
- functional foods, food industry, prebiotics, probiotics, university-industry collaboration, food policy, Japan
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Antioxidants, Digestive System, Digestive System Physiological Phenomena, Food, Food Analysis, Humans, Japan, Anticarcinogenic Agents, Food Industry
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