The Food Industry Promotional Agency of Korea (FIPA) said it is implementing a verification project to monitor on the improvement of nutrient imbalance and satisfaction by offering the elderly foods utilizing excellent senior-friendly ingredients.
Excellent senior-friendly foods refer to food products processed in consideration of the elderly’s intake, nutrient supplement and digestion.
Three institutions participating in the verification research have been designated in a public contest via FIPA’s website. They are the Jeonju Area Self-Support Center, an elderly daycare center and Kyunghee University.
Research subjects include about 2,000 elderly people, who are aged 65 or more, and require an improved nutrient imbalance.
The institutions participating in the study plan to form and operate a consultative body.
The self-support center will deliver packaged food, while the elderly welfare center will provide meals to the research subjects.
Kyunghee University plans to conduct scientific analysis by monitoring the nutrient imbalance improvement and satisfaction of the research subjects, who are provided with senior-friendly foods.
The project is expected to contribute to creating the right dietary habits for the elderly subjects, improving the nutrient imbalance and bettering their health.
Scientific data from the project are to be used for manuals to manage nutrient levels of meals to be supplied to the elderly, as well as exploring and overhauling policies.
President Lee Seung-heon of the elderly welfare center, said, “I’m pleased to have an opportunity to offer quality meals to the elderly.”
Jeonju municipal government said it plans to contribute to improving the health of the elderly and the quality of their life by building a cooperative regime with FIPA.
FIPA President Kim Young-jae said, “The verification project is expected to serve as a foothold to build a dietary management regime tailored to meet needs of super-aged society by offering to the elderly foods, including excellent ones designated by the government.”
The Food Industry Promotional Agency of Korea hosts a contest of prototype foods, produced by youth startup candidates in FIPA’s project to offer support to them at FIPA headquarters on July 21.
FIPA Launches Consultative Body to Localize Raw Materials of Health Functional Foods
The Food Industry Promotional Agency of Korea (FIPA) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) held an inaugural meeting of the tentatively named “Consultative Body for Nurturing the Functional Food Industry” in cooperation with food industry institutions and experts from industry, academia and research circles on July 21.
Director Kim Sang-kyung of the Food Industry Promotion Department at MAFRA, concurrently chief of the consultative body, gave a keynote speech.
FIPA and project commission institutions gave a briefing on the current status of implementation of projects and plans.
Among those on hand at the meeting were Prof. Kim Ji-yeon of Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Prof. Jung Sung-keun of Kyungpook National University, Prof. Lee Hong-jin of Joongang University, Dr. Kwak Jin-sook of Biofood CRO, Lee Hye-bin, senior researcher with EC21 R&C, Hwang Gyung-ah, researcher with the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Lee Dae-yong, researcher with the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS), and Ha Sang-keun, head of a group with Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI).
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