The Importance Of Micronutrients In The Food Industry

The growth of food industries had advanced since it first developed and continue to expand each day. How and why do people keep up with the growth expansion? In America, the diverse and complex businesses in the food industry tend to supply food to the population, which has an affect on our diets. Americans today do not seem to care enough about their diet and how food is formed which causes the food they consume to be healthy or unhealthy for them because of the intake, calories, and nutrients. Throughout the centuries, food always has an affect on our lives, which is reckoned on the choices people make in order to decide on what to eat. Due to this, the food industries tend benefits from the food choices people often favor rather or not

Nutrients are the compound in food that organisms need in order to grow and survive. It is also a substance in order for growth body functions, and metabolism. Aside from food intakes and calories, nutrients are different because nutrients help your body to function properly and a lack of it can cause malnutrition. It is also unusable and is use to support healing, metabolism, function, and repairing. There are two types of nutrients: micronutrients and macronutrients. Starting with Greek and Latin roots, micro means small and macro means large. On the other hand, Micronutrients is a dietary component that attribute as minerals and vitamins and is required in small amounts. Meanwhile, macronutrients are nutrients that provide energy and calories and is required in large amounts. Both micronutrients and macronutrients can be obtained by the environment. The food industry provides many varieties of foods that contain nutrients to supply the human body. Michael Pollan, the author of Escape from Western Diet, he stated that “the undertow of nutritionism is powerful”, I agree with this because nutrients plays an important role in food intakes. Thankfully with the intakes, it helps the industry grow as a result of people constantly buying

Processed food is a “balance of nutrients and ingredients”, however, not all of it is bad for you since they 're convenient but they “can mean large amounts of hidden sodium, fats, and sugar” and unprocessed food is the complete opposite. On a different note, genetically modified foods, also known as GMOs, “are foods produced from organisms that have had changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering”. In a different circumstance, organic foods are foods that are organically grown food from local farms; it is also known as “the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants by following the essential principles of organic