It is always an issue to get reliable and sustainable food sources and to keep the food fresh longer for getting the maximum benefits from them due to the increasing human population, industries and technology. Thus, there is an urgent need for innovative solutions to supply the foods with nutritional values. In this sense, use of nanotechnology is very important and it is considered as an enabling technology to contribute in food technology. There are various nanosystems including quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanofibres, nanocapsules or nanoemulsions which are designed to play the role for developing better methods to enhance the food quality, quantity and nutritious value. However, it is always an issue of debate to cope with the possible disadvantages of such systems since technology brings the problems along with its solutions. The concept of “nanoceuticals” is gaining popularity and commercial dairy/food and food supplements containing nanoparticles are available in the market. This review chapter provides an insight of applications of nanotechnology in the field of nutrition and will shortly depicts its advantages, possible unfavorable outcomes and solutions.
NANOCEUTICALS: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATING NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
