Handbook of Functional Foods

Handbook of Functional Foods: Techniques, Analytics and Health Benefits provides a comprehensive overview of the extraction and analytical identification techniques of foods' bioactive components for health and well-being while looking at metabolism, sensory, and safety components. This book reviews, in detail, how functional foods have the potential to drive innovation in the food industry, creating a broad range of healthier and more personalized food options. From emerging extraction and extrusion techniques for the creation of fiber-rich snacks to the synergistic effects of pro- and prebiotics on gut health, readers will come away with an advanced and fresh understanding of necessary insights. - Introduces a comprehensive range of extraction and identification techniques for functional and bioactive components in various food products- Advances knowledge in metabolic benefits of functional foods for the human body- Analyzes probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics as functional foods- Presents case studies on the latest food manufacturing methods to drive innovation in the food industry