Meaning of functional beverage | Babel Free

Definitions

A beverage with added ingredients, consumed for its supposed health benefits.

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“I am referring to the development of a "functional" beverage product (an orange-flavored breakfast drink⟳ mix⟳) with which I was associated back in the 1970s.”

“According to a recent industry report⟳, the U.S. functional beverage market generated revenues of $4.7 billion in 2000 and is predicted to exceed $12 billion by 2007.”

“Coffee is well poised to act as a functional beverage to improve⟳ energy balance regulation through its known effects on EE (caffeine) but also potentially by improving appetite regulation.”

“In this first step of developing new functional beverage concepts, a total of 12 in-depth interviews and 3 focus⟳ groups were conducted to generate⟳ consumer information on functional beverages.”

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