Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Attempt the following questions to check your understanding of the subject:
PART 1

1. Explain the meaning of the following terms (6 Marks)
   1. Nutraceuticals
   2. Functional Foods
   3. Bioactive substances
2. State the conditions that any substance must fulfil for it to be branded as either a nutraceutical or a functional food (6 Marks)
3. Discuss bioavailability, bioaccessibility, and bioactivity of food components with reference to specific bioactive substances                         (6 Marks)
4. Discuss probiotics and prebiotics and their role in the manufacture of functional foods in the food industry (4 Marks)
5. Discuss some of the ways in which functional foods affect intestinal nutrient absorption in the human body                                                                         (6 Marks)
6. Discuss two methods of encapsulating functional ingredients in the manufacture of functional foods (2 Marks)

PART 2

7. Explain the meaning of the following terms (6 Marks)
   1. Nutraceuticals
   2. Functional Foods
   3. Bioactive substances
8. State the conditions that any substance must fulfil for it to be branded as either a nutraceutical or a functional food (6 Marks)
9. Discuss bioavailability, bioaccessibility, and bioactivity of food components with reference to specific bioactive substances                         (6 Marks)
10. Discuss probiotics and prebiotics and their role in the manufacture of functional foods in the food industry (4 Marks)
11. Discuss some of the ways in which functional foods affect intestinal nutrient absorption in the human body                                                                         (6 Marks)
12. Discuss two methods of encapsulating functional ingredients in the manufacture of functional foods (2 Marks)