Biotechnology in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

• Other Authors: Bagchi, Debasis 1954- (edited), Ghosh, Dilip K. 1954- (edited), Lau, Francis Francis C. (edited)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton CRC Press 2010
• Subjects: Food > Biotechnology; Functional foods
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• Physical Description: xviii, 573 pages illustrations 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781420087116; 1420087118

Modern food biotechnology is now a billion-dollar industry, producing functional foods and nutraceuticals that offer a whole host of increased health benefits. This book begins with an overview of the advances in biotechnology and their contributions to food science. It then examines the impact of genetic modification on functional foods.