ABSTRACT
Health-and wellness-promoting food products containing micronutrients and nutraceuticals have led to increasing attention in the food industry (DeFelice 1995). Micronutrients mainly contain vitamins and minerals that are essential for human health, whereas nutraceuticals are not essential for human life, but are widely used in functional foods, which are defined as “any food or ingredient that has a positive impact on an individual’s health, physical performance, or state of mind, in addition to its nutritive value” (Goldberg 1994, pp. xv-xvi). Examples of common micronutrients and nutraceuticals are listed in Table 16.1 (Velikov and Pelan 2008).
