Industry officials say the importance of daily management of diseases is expanding, and the number of diseases that enable daily management is increasing due to the development of medical technology is expected to expand the diet-type food industry.Professional food manufacturing dog gaonn manufactures and develops high-protein, low-calorie foods with professional and work history, and sells health snacks that add various flavors to hospital patients’ care diets and the general public.This product is currently providing customized supplies to nursing and nursing hospitals, and is attracting attention as a management diet in the smart healthcare field.Not only that, but a child It is being built as an all-in-one solution that has been approached by the public for general management, etc.
It is a kind of special medical food classified in January 2022. Special medical foods are largely divided into prepared foods and diet-type meal management foods, and there are ▲ standard nutritional supplements ▲ customized nutritional supplements ▲ diet-type meal management foods.Diet-type meal management food is a food that is suitable for each disease’s nutritional needs, such as those with different nutritional needs from the general public due to diseases and surgery, or those with limited ability to consume, digest, absorb, or metabolize normal food, and currently has standards for three products: diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer.An official from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety explained that the purpose of classification reflects the specificity of chronically ill patients, “Unlike inpatients who receive nutrition management for hospital meals, it is a product designed to be convenient to manage meals at home in consideration of the characteristics of relying on self-management at home.”Dietary food for diabetic patients: The calories derived from saturated fat shall be less than 10% of the total calories, and the calories derived from monosaccharides and disaccharides shall be less than 10% of the total calories. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, etc. should be prepared so that they can be consumed in a balanced manner, and proteins should be 18 g or more and sodium should be 1,350 mg or less.Dietary Foods for People with Kidney Disease: Potentium and phosphorus correspond to nutrients that need to be restricted for people with kidney disease and should be less than or within the indicated amount of the product.
In addition, products for non-dialysis patients have 10% or less of the total calories, and for dialysis patients, the amount of protein-derived calories is more than 12% of the total calories. Sodium shall not exceed 650 mg.Dietary Foods for Cancer Patients: Protein-derived calories shall be 18% or more of the total calories, fat-derived calories shall be 15-35% of the total calories, and saturated fat-derived calories shall be 7% or less of the total calories. Do not exceed 1,350 mg of sodium.Since the first item certification began in March 2021, 158 products have been registered for diet-type foods by disease. By disease, diet-type foods for diabetic patients were the most common with 114, followed by 27 for cancer patients and 17 for kidney disease patients.Such special medical foods (medi-foods) are evaluated as a new growth engine for the food industry along with ▲ Food Tech ▲ Alternative Food. According to the National Statistical Office, sales of patient food in Korea in 2020 totaled 106.8 billion won, accounting for 26.85% of the total special purpose food market.
▲ Gaon N Inc.
▲ Brand : Labalance
▲ CEO : Bong-Soo Kang
▲www.gaonn.net
▲ cs@gaonn.net
▲ +82-2-363-5123
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