Functional Food Formulation and Nutrient Enrichment

Modern food science increasingly focuses on creating functional products tailored to specific health goals and demographics. This text-based course teaches you how to design enriched, multi-component food products using systematic calculations and structured nutritional frameworks. You will gain a clear understanding of core terminology and essential techniques required to enrich foods with biologically active substances while preserving product quality. What you will learn: Learn core definitions and principles of bio-ingredient stability and food fortification; Understand how to evaluate protein quality and fatty acid balance in multi-component foods; Apply computational methods to formulate recipes for targeted groups including senior, child, and sports nutrition; Practice modeling balanced nutritional profiles using structured digital calculation tools; Explore current industry trends in functional ingredients and clean-label formulation. The course starts with basic definitions and foundational principles of nutrition science before progressing to practical formulation strategies and analytical design methods. This program is suitable for beginners in food science, nutrition, and product development without any strict prerequisites. Take the first step toward mastering functional food development today.