功能性食品,是指具有特定保健功能或者以补充维生素、矿物质为目的的食品,即适宜特定人群食用,具有调节机体功能,不以治疗疾病为目的,并且对人体不产生任何急性、亚急性或慢性危害的食品。功能性食品经历了三代的发展:第一代功能性食品是根据基料的成分推断产品的功能,没有经过验证,缺乏功能性评价和科学性。第二代功能性食品是指经过动物和人体实验,证实其确实具有生理调节功能。第三代功能性食品是在第二代功能性食品的基础上,进一步研 Functional food, refers to the specific health care functions or to vitamins, minerals for the purpose of food, that is, suitable for specific groups of people eating, with the function of regulating the body, not to treat the disease for the purpose, and the human body does not produce any acute, subacute Or chronic harm food. Functional foods have undergone three generations of development: first generation functional foods are based on the composition of the base material to infer the function of the product, have not been verified, lack of functional evaluation and scientific. The second generation of functional foods is animal and human experiments, confirmed that it does have a physiological regulatory function. The third generation of functional foods is based on the second generation of functional foods, further research