"Health functional food" refers to food manufactured and processed using raw materials or ingredients that have functionality useful to the human body (Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the "Health Functional Food Act"). "Functionality" here refers to obtaining a useful effect for health purposes such as regulating nutrients or physiological functions for the structure and function of the human body (Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the "Health Functional Food Act").
Health functional food is food that helps m...