Health-promoting products

Functional food is an interesting new possibility to take care of wellbeing by using `tailored´ foods. A health-enhancing product has either added or removed, or it contains naturally, health-benefiting ingredients proven by sufficient scientific evidence.

Finnish functional food innovations

There have been outstanding inventions in the field of functional food development. Benecol, Xylitol, Lactobacillius GG are the most widely recognised examples of these innovations. Read more >>

Finnish research covers many biomolecules in functional foods, such as probiotics (lactic acid microbiota), prebiotiocs, plant flavonoids and phenolics, plant sterols, dietary fibre, etc. Ingredients from the Finnish nature have been the base for many health-promoting products. It is estimated that in the future, grain-based nutrition fibres, and products that have been developed based on them will be trendy in the health-promoting foodstuffs market.

Other health-promoting products

In addition to the widely studied functional products, a large number of other foodstuffs have been developed with health-enhancing properties in Finland. They are, for example, special products for dietary treatment, such as gluten-free products, products with reduced fat or salt content, etc. Read more >>

Smart food by nature

Finnish foodstuffs include several products that are naturally health enhancing, these should not be forgotten as part of a healthy diet and easily utilizable health boosters. Read more >>