Health food can be divided into two categories according to different eating objects: one is aimed at healthy people, mainly to supplement nutrition and meet the needs of different stages of life cycle; The other is mainly aimed at people with some physiological problems, emphasizing its regulatory function in preventing diseases and promoting rehabilitation.

According to the standard, health food should have functional ingredients and their minimum content corresponding to functional effects. Functional components refer to substances that can regulate human functions by activating enzyme activity or other means, mainly including:

1, polysaccharide: such as dietary fiber and lentinan.

2. Functional sweeteners: such as monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polyol sugar, etc.

3. Functional fats and oils: such as polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Extended data:

Matters needing attention

1. Do not use medical terms or terms easily confused with drugs, and do not publicize the curative effect.

2. It is forbidden to publicize the role of improving and enhancing sexual function.

3. Advertisements must be accompanied by a clear and uniform sky blue logo, and the diameter of the health food logo in newspaper advertisements shall not be less than 1 cm.

4, the health administrative department at or above the county level sampling unqualified will suspend its advertising in the region, by the original sampling department or the competent department at a higher level.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-health food