MENA Nutraceuticals Market Growth Driven By Increasing Adoption of Nutraceuticals in the Region
A nutraceutical or "bioceutical" is a medical alternative that promises health-enhancing benefits through the ingestion of extracts. In the U.S, "nutraceuticals" are unregulated, since they technically exist in the same legal category as food additives and dietary supplements by the FDA. The U.S government does not regulate nutraceuticals, so it's up to the states to set their own regulations, sometimes with very poor standards for quality control. In Canada, on the other hand, nutraceuticals are recognized as medications and are required to meet much stricter federal and state regulations. In Germany, nutraceuticals are not subject to mandatory approval regulations. Pursuant to the German Food Supplements Regulation (NemV), food supplements must be registered with the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
Increasing adoption of nutraceuticals
to aid in growth of the MENA
nutraceuticals market. Nutraceuticals offer less
or no side effects and more nutritional values compared to conventional
pharmaceuticals. For instance, amla (Emblica officinalis), Curcumin, Fenugreek
(Trigonella foenum-graecum), and vitamins are effective against obesity. Nutraceutical are usually made of more high-quality
ingredients that have been selected based on clinical studies and scientific
research. For example, nutraceutical containing collagen, functional foods and
probiotics have been shown to provide some benefit to health. Many plants have
been shown to provide health benefits, as well.
R&D in
nutraceuticals is also expected to aid in growth of the MENA nutraceuticals market. In
April 2020, the study, “Characteristics of Potential Protein Nutraceuticals of
Plant Origin with Antioxidant Activity”, reported that nutraceuticals were more
frequently released from rice protein and less frequently released from barley
and other cereal protein species.
Functional
foods containing all kinds of different antioxidants can help prevent diseases,
including cancer. But very few companies have the facilities to process these
compounds into usable form. Instead, most nutraceutical are isolated compounds
with no discernible external chemical structure. In contrast, nutraceutical containing omega-3 fatty
acids and other plant extracts have been shown to reduce blood triglycerides
and improve cardiovascular health. This is because fatty acids act like small
road blocks. They've been shown to prevent inflammation and enhance vascular
health. By preventing the inflammation and enhancing vascular health, dietary
fibers such as those in nuts and seeds are very effective.
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