Medical Foods on the Rise

Using scientifically based foods to prevent or treat disease is not a new concept, but optimizing combinations and concentrations of nutrients is making headlines. The USDA recognizes this category as "Medical Foods," described as a zero side effect, non-prescription nutrition intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition.

Medical Foods Inc., a research and development organization, published a bulletin highlighting the fact that FIND SVP put the current medical foods market at $14.2 billion, growing to $17.6 billion over the next five years.

Medical Foods Inc., Five Cambridge Center, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142. Tel.: (617) 588-1600; Fax: (617) 588-1616.

Join the editorial staff of FE and Refrigerated & Frozen Foods as we share how business is doing, what’s affecting business, and where companies are spending money, if at all.

This R&FF webinar will focus on an overall look at the “state of the industry,” with a research and statistical focus on some of the consumer trends driving product development, as well as a look at the cold storage landscape and how F&B manufacturers and processors can best work with third-party logistics (3PLS) and cold storage providers.