Functional foods are foods that have proven benefits for the maintenance or promotion of health beyond basic nutrition and help reduce the risk of disease. Functional foods include conventional foods, modified foods (i.e., fortified, enriched, or enhanced), medical foods, and foods for special dietary use. Functional beverages are nonalcoholic drink containing health-promoting ingredients like minerals, vitamins, amino acids, dietary fibers, probiotics, added raw fruits and herbs, polyphenols, pigments, etc., which positively