The whole world is experiencing this pandemic and all humans are learning from this that. Food is the most important need we care about. This whole situation was started with food and we are still going with it. we are learning from it that we need to focus on our diet and our immunity health. This pandemic of COVID-19 contributing to the increasing trend of nutritious food and functional foods.
Functional foods are those foods that provide more health benefits rather than providing just nutrition. We can also say that, foods that help to reduce(prevent) chances of causing certain diseases. And we are expecting more pandemics which are paired with climate change and diminishing of nutrients in foodstuff, functional food is growing as the best effort to tackle nutrition-related adjustments in the immune system.
A strong immunity system plays a very important role to tackle situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. Where no vaccine is available in the market to date (June 2020). To prevent COVID-19, immune systems will have to adapt unaided. The many benefits of functional foods, that make them important in diets now. More than ever with low cholesterol benefits, weight control, etc; disease prevention benefits such as the decreased risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes; and effective protection against dietary deficiencies.
What study says:
The market research was done by researchandmarket.com it expected that the effect of COVID-19 on Functional Foods and Drinks Market to Reach a revised Size of $229 Billion by 2027. Which develops new and emerging opportunities for the food processing sector.
After falling R&D investments in food and nutrition sciences, the market still remains in a strong position. However, Everyone knows the fact that the novel coronavirus originated from the animal food market. Because of followed food regulations, with safety policy. By considering the food regulations and improving the safety of foodstuff, Development of ingredients and bioactive compounds which provide a health benefit beyond just nutrition
Functional food market around the world
The US represents the world’s largest market for processed food consumption. Asia-Pacific, including China, ranks as a major market driven by the growing population and nutritional needs. Industrializing the agricultural and food processing sectors; increasing awareness of the link between healthy food consumption. Health outcomes and the relationship between diet, disease, and increasing per capita expenditure on healthy organic foods.
Source: researchandmarkets.com
