Comparative Study in Functional Food Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Growth in the global food and beverage industry continues driven by health and wellness. So society has high expectations for companies in this industry that products can meet the demand of consumers for a healthy lifestyle. From that situation, functional food has a specific role. Data from Grand View Research Report shows that the global Functional Foods market is valued at 153,600 million US$ in 2018 and is expected to reach 260,400 million US$ by the end of 2025. The functional food and nutraceutical market in the USA currently the most massive and most rapidly expanding in the world with supports major imports from Japan, North and South Korea, China, India, Brazil, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world. If Indonesia wants to take part in the functional food market, it is necessary to advance research and development (R&D) in functional food. So it is necessary to study the development of functional food R&D from several leading countries. This study sought to examine the development of functional food R&D in Brazil, India, China, and Germany, based on scientific publications in Scopus. The analysis was carried out using a bibliometric approach and co-word analysis. The results of this study provide an overview of the development of functional food R&D, especially technologies in Indonesia and