Cause for debate

Cause for debate

Opinion on the benefits of functional food is divided. The effectiveness of isolating active non-nutrients from the food where they naturally occur is cause for argument. Here are some examples of functional foods added to foods you might eat every day:

• Yogurt – addition of ‘probiotic’ cultures (e.g. Yakult)

• Margarine – addition of plant sterols (e.g. Flora pro-activ)

• Juice – addition of vitamins (e.g. The Daily Juice Company Multi V Heroes)

Contribute to a class blog to debate the benefit of introducing active non-nutrients in the manufacture of functional foods to provide added health benefits to the consumer.

Your teacher will set up and provide you with the link to your class blog on functional foods.

For information on creating a blog, teachers can visit the department's Learning tools selector and choose an appropriate blogging tool.