SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON FUNCTIONAL FOODS: AN ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2013
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.11608Keywords:
Alimentos Funcionais. Produção Científica. Portal de Periódicos da CapesAbstract
The Brazilian scientific literature on functional foods is the subject matter of this article. It is a survey, using bibliometric techniques, of articles published on the subject from 2007-2013, available on the Capes Journals Site. Among the 164 articles in Portuguese found in that site, 22 were selected for the analysis. Eight journal articles were found on the subject and two concentrated 63.63% of the production: (36.36%) on Food and Nutrition and (27.27%) on Food Science and Technology. The parallel topics covered were antioxidants, fatty acids, prebiotics and probiotics. Unicamp was the institution with the highest number of articles analyzed, representing 13.64% of the sample. As for the method of approach, there is a clear predominance of the quantitative method (54.54%), which can be explained by the use of sensory and physicochemical reviews, instruments commonly used on quantitative analysis found in 45.45% of the surveyed items. Most authors have training in nutrition and are tied up to universities. The research was exploratory with the use of document analysis, at first, and descriptive with quantitative method, afterwards. The analysis studied the number of articles, higher education institutions, themes, methodology, data collection instruments and the authors training area. Published works are aimed both to support interventions as boosting the theoretical development of the area.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.11608
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