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Japan is viewed as the world pioneer leader in the development of functional foods, in part perhaps for reasons grounded in the Japanese culture and also because the government has been proactive toward this project. In Japan functional foods are being very seriously considered as a major new product opportunity for the food industry.
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Ichikawa, T. (1994). Functional Foods in Japan. In: Goldberg, I. (eds) Functional Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2073-3_18
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