ABSTRACT
Major breakthroughs have occurred in food security, nutrition, and health in terms of technologies, methods, demands of the growing population, and increasing concerns about food-related diseases. This chapter deals with the use of metabolic engineering and omics technologies, which have made a tremendous impact in the field of food production, nutrigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. The formulation of functional food with health benefits can better be provided with omics technologies because nutrients react based on individual genetic variations. This idea for personalizing food for each individual is based on their genotype. The synergistic approach of omics and other associated modern methodologies increases our understanding about the metabolism of plant foods. These modern technologies can play a major role in the development of plants for increased production and in designing new foods with specific health claims.
