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  • Nutritional Science
  • Business Strategy

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  • Functional foods (FFs) with fresh-like qualities offer premium market opportunities.
  • Emerging technologies and health claims create new avenues for SMEs in the health sector.
  • Consumer demand for novel FF formats, including ready-to-eat meals and personalized nutrition, is growing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review technical and operational concepts for commercializing minimally processed functional foods.
  • To highlight opportunities for SMEs in the functional food market.
  • To explore innovative processing technologies and strategies for novel product development.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on functional food processing and commercialization.
  • Analysis of emerging extraction, food processing, and culinary technologies.
  • Examination of operational strategies for market development.

Main Results:

  • Mild biological and nonthermal processing techniques are crucial for preserving FF quality.
  • Advanced techniques like 3D food printing, molecular gastronomy, and nutrigenomics enable novel product formats and personalization.
  • A shift towards offensive, market-developing strategies and collaborative networks is recommended for SMEs.

Conclusions:

  • Successful commercialization of FFs requires integrating innovative processing technologies with strategic operational approaches.
  • SMEs can leverage these advancements to tap into niche markets and contribute to public health and economic growth.
  • Collaboration between research organizations and industry is vital for driving innovation in the functional food sector.