Nutraceuticals, for Real

The editor of Food Technology has decided that the topic of nutraceuticals deserves a regular column. My suggestion was that leaders at the various institutions with recognized programs involving the study of nutraceuticals should rotate in writing such a column. I am privileged to lead off the series. The inauguration of this column also coincides with the formation of the Nutraceutical and Functional Foods Division of IFT, which already has more than 1,000 members.

The word nutraceutical, as co…