Smart Foods from the pastoral sector – implications for meat and milk producers
E. N. Bermingham A B , N. C. Roy A , R. C. Anderson A , M. P. G. Barnett A , S. O. Knowles A and W. C. McNabb AA Food, Metabolism & Microbiology Section, Food & Textiles Group, AgResearch Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
B Corresponding author. Email: emma.bermingham@agresearch.co.nz
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48(7) 726-734 https://doi.org/10.1071/EA08010
Submitted: 4 January 2008 Accepted: 1 April 2008 Published: 20 June 2008
Abstract
Smart Foods, or foods with functions that confer health benefits, are the future of the food and nutrition sectors. Pastoral products such as milk and meat are easily manipulated to improve the health benefits of these products. Therefore, there is the potential for farmers to add value to their current products. Additionally, the identification of key nutrients for health and the prevention of disease using nutrigenomic and nutritional epigenetic approaches may identify new ways to manipulate milk and meat products. However, consumer perceptions of product efficacy and the marketing of foods with health claims will be drivers behind the uptake of Smart Foods in the future.
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