Health food is a special kind of food, which is between food and medicine. Refers to foods that claim to have specific health care functions or are aimed at supplementing vitamins and minerals. That is, it is suitable for specific people, has the function of regulating the body, does not aim at treating diseases, and does not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to the human body.

The difference between health food and ordinary food;

(1) Health food contains a certain amount of functional ingredients (physiologically active substances), which can regulate human functions and have specific functions (the third function of food); The general food does not emphasize the specific function (the third function of food).

(2) Health food generally has a specific consumption range (specific population), while general food has no specific consumption range.

(3) Health food generally has a prescribed daily dosage, while general food has no prescribed dosage.

Extended data

Identify the authenticity of health food in the market;

(1) There is a blue straw hat logo on the outer packaging of health food products, with the approval number and approval department below the logo.

(2) According to the approval number, the approval number of domestic health food approved by the Ministry of Health is "Wei Shi Jian Zi+(year number)+serial number", and the imported health food is "Wei Shi Jian Zi+(year number)+serial number" or "Wei Shi Jin Jian Zi+(year number)+serial number".

The approval number of domestic health food approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and China Food and Drug Administration is "Shi Guojian Zi G+4-digit serial number +4-digit serial number", and the imported health food is "Shi Guojian Zi J+4-digit serial number +4-digit serial number". Relevant information can be found on the website of the State Administration of Medical Supplies.

(3) Read the labels of health food carefully. Labels and instructions of health food include raw and auxiliary materials, functional or symbolic components and contents, health care functions, suitable people, unsuitable people, eating methods and consumption, precautions, shelf life, product registration and production.

(4) Look at the health care efficacy, not the treatment effect. See if the outer packing is consistent with the brochure. Health care products shall not promote efficacy and curative effect, and shall not have propaganda suggesting that diseases can be cured.

Baidu encyclopedia-health food (food)