Prospects for the use of polyphenols as sources of antioxidants for functional nutrition

According to WHO data, there is a reduced consumption of fruits and vegetables among the population. At the moment, a similar consumption deficit is observed in Russia. A reduced amount of such products in the diet leads to an increase in non-communicable diseases, an increase in oxidative stress in the human body, which in turn leads to a decrease in the antioxidant status. This problem can be solved by adding various functional foods with various antioxidant components with increased antioxidant activity to the human diet. Polyphenols have similar activity. 10 groups of flavonoids were considered, as well as other large groups of polyphenols. Some flavonoids and anthocyanidins are mainly used in foods. The remaining groups, despite their useful therapeutic properties, are not used in the food industry. According to the PubMed resource, there has been a significant increase in publication activity on the topics of functional nutrition and polyphenols over the past 20 years, both abroad and in Russia. Functional products with polyphenols are presented in greater quantities on foreign markets than on Russian ones. Such products are represented abroad in a variety of market segments - in bakery products, dairy products, soft drinks, dry foods and superfoods. On the Russian market, products with polyphenols are presented in small quantities in dairy products, soft drinks and superfoods, often by foreign companies. In modern conditions, such a distribution raises the problem of import substitution and the need to use scientific food achievements in the field of dairy products and soft drinks, ahead of foreign analogues.

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