Marine foods as functional ingredients in bakery and pasta products

Marine food due to its phenomenal biodiversity is a treasure house of many novel healthy food ingredients and biologically active compounds as fish oils fish proteins bioactive peptides seaweeds macroalgae and microalgae Despite having so much health benefits marine functional ingredients have been under exploited for food purposes Bakery and pasta products being most widely consumed food products all over the world are the best sources of incorporating marine functional ingredient and reaching the targeted population Current status and future projections of marine functional ingredients in bakery and pasta products are reviewed in this communication (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved