functional food
functional food noun: any fresh or processed food claimed to have a health-promoting and/or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients.
Noun
functional food (plural functional foods)
- Any fresh or processed food claimed to have a health-promoting and/or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients.
- These “functional foods”, which included protein powders and shakes, were branded as sports nutrition and primarily targeted at men.2021 September 15, Sirin Kale, “Muscles and methane: how protein became the food industry’s biggest craze”, in The Guardian
functional food meaning in Vietnamese
functional food in Vietnamese
- health-promoting food
- thực phẩm chức năng
Forms of functional food
| plural | functional foods |
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Questions about functional food
- What does functional food mean?
- Functional food means any fresh or processed food claimed to have a health-promoting and/or disease-preventing property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients.
- What is functional food in Vietnamese?
- Functional food in Vietnamese is thực phẩm chức năng. See Functional food meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is functional food?
- Functional food is a noun.
- What is the plural of functional food?
- The plural of functional food is functional foods.
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