THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TOWARDS NUTRITION, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

By:DR NORHASMAH SULAIMAN

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSUMER STUDIES

FACULTY OF HUMAN ECOLOGY

CONVENIENCE FOOD

• Those foods designed to save consumer time in the kitchen, reduce cost consequence of food preparation due to consumer mistake

• In design preparation in minimum time

• The category is a• Prepared food or ready-to-eat• Partial prepared food• Half-cooked food• Dehydrated food• Frozen food• Canned food or bottle

ADVANTAGES• Cost saving• Time saving• Variety or miscellaneous• Food safety

DISADVANTAGES

• Resultant from the farming product which can not to eat (raw material)

• High contain of fat and energy

• Using genetically modified foods product and irradiated food product

• Using preservative material

DIETARY SUPPLEMENT• Product has been use as dietary supplement

(except tobacco).

• Contain one or more ingredients (such as vitamin, mineral, herbal or botanical, amino acid and other combination) or other material related with it.

• Can taken via mouth like pill, capsule, tablet or liquid and labeling is put in front as dietary supplement.

• Label necessity• Claims

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