ABSTRACT
Within the last decade, the Indonesian GDP has raised 4.6 times, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF). The improvement in the country’s welfare has been followed by the change of living standards that leads to the shift of healthcare needs. Nowadays, awareness on maintaining well-being is raised, resulting in the consumption of natural products as supplement rather than chemically synthesized drugs by increasing number of people. Nutraceuticals have gained considerable interests due to their presumed safety, in addition to potential nutritional and therapeutic effects. The terminology of “nutraceuticals” refers to substances that are intended to prevent diseases. Nutraceuticals may be interchangeable with “functional foods” when they are intended to prevent or treat disease(s) or disorder(s) other than anemia (Rajasekaran et al., 2008). Lordan et al. (2011) added that functional foods are designed to complement basic nutritional value from daily diet and to improve the general conditions of the body against risks of illness and diseases. In current applications, they are consumed individually or used as fortificants in food.
