Functional Food Ingredients Emerging To Compete With OTC Drugs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Some ailments “are going to be more pervasive” with people living longer and consumers will look more toward functional foods to address them, says Mintel analyst Nirvana Chapman. The shift partly reflects rising health care costs and consumers’ efforts to save money through preventive care and less costly treatments.
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