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National standard GB/T15901-1994 “basic terms the food industry,” Article 2.1 “General food” is defined as “available for human consumption or consumption of substances, including processed food, semi-finished products and raw food, excluding tobacco or substances used only as drugs. “Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) CODEXSTAN1: 1985″ General Standard for Labelling of Prepackaged Foods “on the” general food “is defined as:” means for human consumption, whether processed, semi-processed of or processing of any substance, including drinks, gum, and food manufacturing, modulation or treatment of any substance used in the course; but does not include cosmetics, tobacco or use drugs only for the material. ” National and international standards although the definition of different ways of expression, but the meaning is the same, summed up: all the material for human consumption. In the GB16740-1997 “health (functional) foods Common Criteria” section 3.l article to health (functional) food is defined as: “health (functional) food is a food type, common with general food, can regulate the function of the human body suitable for specific food groups, but not for the purpose of treating disease. ”

General food and health (functional) foods are common yet different.

Common: Health (functional) foods and general food can provide the body nutrients essential to the survival (food for the first function), has a specific color, smell, taste, shape (the second function of food).

Difference: (1) Health (Functional) foods contain a certain amount of functional components (biological material), to regulate the body’s function, with specific functions (the third function of food); and generally do not emphasize specific features of food (food the third function).

(2) health (functional) food consumption generally has a specific range (specific groups), and general food consumption of non-specific range.

Food in general also contain physiologically active substances, due to low levels, in the human body can not function to regulate the concentration of the effectiveness of the role can not be achieved. Health (functional) food in the physiological activity of substances through the extraction, separation, concentration (or add some sort of high purity biological active substances), to play a role in the human body to the concentration, and thus have the food section three functions.

Health (functional) food and drugs are strictly different.

Drugs to treat diseases of the material; health (functional) food is still the essence of food, although some functional role in regulating the human body, but it is not the treatment of human disease on which the material. For normal physiological function, you want to maintain health or prevent certain diseases, the health (functional) food is a nutritional supplement. Abnormal physiological function for people, health (functional) food can be adjusted some physiological function, strengthen the immune system. From a scientific perspective, note that usually nutritionally balanced diet, regular habits, timely and appropriate amount of exercise to maintain a cheerful disposition, is the fundamental guarantee for health.

Foods are a special kind of nutritious food, is a “natural foods by changing the composition and content of nutrient ratio to meet the nutritional needs of special populations for food” (GB13432-1992 “special nutritional food labels” 3.l section). Such as infants and young children to adapt to physiological characteristics and nutritional needs of infants and young children’s food by adding nutrition enhancer, all belong to this type of food. Special nutritional food and health (functional) foods have in common is: are added or contain a certain amount of physiologically active substances, fitness for a particular food groups. Difference: the former does not require animals or people through the experiment, no significant effect confirmed the role; while the latter must pass the test animals or people, proved to be significant, stable effect function.

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