U.S. Medical Foods Market Is Growing Due to the Increasing Awareness Regarding the Health Benefits of Medical Foods
Medical foods are intended for the dietary management of a patient who has limited or impaired capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize common foods or certain nutrients, or who has other special medically determined nutrient requirements. Some examples of medical foods are products for chronic diarrhea, oral rehydration products, formulations for metabolic disorders, special infant formulas, and special nutritional formulas for those with kidney disease, AIDS, diabetes, or inborn errors in metabolism. Medical foods are not drugs and, thus, are not subject to any regulatory requirements that specifically apply to drugs. Majority of the U.S. medical foods market is concentrated in Europe and the United States due to the presence of leading market players in these regions such as Yakult Honsha, Nestle, and others. In February 2020, Carbiotix announced that the company will target the launch of a medical food in the U.S. by H2 2021, thus entering a new gut health modulato...