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Preface

The saying: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” was embraced 2500 years ago by Hippocrates. In 21^st century, more of research reports advocated the importance of healthy diet for health promotion as well as disease prevention and treatment. For human health the functional foods and beverage remain of the utmost importance to growers, researchers, processors and manufacturers of natural substances, bakers, confectioners, dairy product manufacturers, brewers, and ultimately, the consumers. Regardless of energy and nutritional characteristics, numerous health benefits of functional foods are likely to be single major asset of food processing companies. New packaging materials and techniques are being developed to provide more protection to functional foods. Simultaneously, improving food quality and food safety are continue to be critical issues in functional food development and manufacturing.

Against this backdrop, this book encompasses on functional food from different sources across the globe to present latest knowledge on these, for the enhanced appreciation of this topic. A great variety of topics was covered, with the emphasis on the most recent development in functional foods. The chapters presented in this volume throw light on a number of research subjects that have provided critical information on manufacturing of functional foods, their ingredients from different sources, health benefits and their feasibility in food industry. Each chapter also provides background information of the functional food, nutrition, bioactive compounds, health benefits of functional foods and a wealth of useful references that should prove to be an invaluable source for the reader. Self-explanatory illustrations and tables have been incorporated in each chapter complimentary to the main text.

Thanks are due to all authors who contributed in this volume for contributing their knowledgeable chapters and helping us to complete the book. We also thank the authorities of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology for their support. Finally, we also express indebtedness and thankfulness to Scrivener Publishing and Wiley team for their unfailing guidance and helpful assistance.

Navnidhi ChhikaraAnil PanghalGaurav Chaudhary