NUTRITION AND FUNCTIONAL 
                  FOOD FOR HEALTHY AGING
                        Eating is the most pleasure                                And also, some elderly who have                                  different requirements occurred 
                  time in life. Being healthy in old                               congenital diseases might require                                by elderly people.
                  age is required beneficial diet                                  special dietary. Therefore, 
                  following the nutrition flags.                                   innovation food should focus on                                       • Silver Food market is 
                  Comparing to other group of                                      functional food that can satisfy                                 booming!
                  population, elderly needs all                                    these requirements including easy                                The demand for elderly food is 
                  nutrients but less energy. When                                  to eat, swallow and digest while                                 expanding rapidly in parallel with 
                  people are getting older, they                                   having good taste and consist of                                 the increasing of senior population 
                  might lose their appetites and                                   full nutrients including high quality                            around the world. Also, many 
                  struggle with eating disorders due                               of protein, complex carbohydrates,                               seniors concern more about 
                  to the reduction of eating ability                               unsaturated fat, vitamins, minerals                              nutritional deficiency and 
                  such as swallowing difficulty,                                   and phytochemical. The food                                      consequent ailments causing by 
                  digestion and chewing problems.                                  industry is changing due to                                      having not enough nutrition. In 
               An Aging Population: Opportunities for Emerging Markets
         2025, the global silver food           demand to meet nutritional             are popular among senior citizens 
         market is expected to exceed           requirements of the elderly. In        and healthcare sectors as they are 
         USD18 billion, growing from            Asia, the silver food market           easy to eat, digest and swallow 
         USD13.4 billion in 2018 or about       revenue was more than USD 4.3          which are suitable for elderly and 
         4.7% growth at CAGR, according         billion in 2018 and it is forecasted   patients with dysphagia as it can 
         to Global Market Insight. The          to rise due to the booming trend       minimize chocking and inhaling 
         major silver food market is in         in consuming supplementary             food into the lungs.  In the past, 
         Europe which is likely to reach        products of elderly in China,          elder’s foods were usually in the 
         USD 6 billion by 2025. This            Japan and South Korea. Here is         form of blended texture and so, 
         caused by the raising in senior        the example of functional food for  not appetizing. The appearance 
         population in developed countries      elderly that are booming in the        of the meals affects the mental 
         like Germany, France and Italy.        food market.                           health of elderly thus, there are 
         Moreover, their governments also                                              many ongoing research and 
         support by spending government            • Texture modified foods and        innovation focusing on the 
         expenditure on healthcare in the       ready to eat meals for elders          development of new food product 
         region and also augment product           The texture-modified foods          for the elderly that look ways  
                                                elderly food. Innovation food for     ingredients with various health 
                                                elderly is considered as a new        benefits to serve the demand in 
                                                opportunity and a new challenge       elderly and hospital. After  
                                                of Thailand’s food industry.          researching and developing, CPF 
                                                Thailand has strong potential for     launched an innovative food 
                                                developing and producing foods        called Smart Soup which comes 
                                                that are suitable for elderly as      with choices of flavors, easy and 
                                                it has rich of natural resources,     ready to eat. It is suitable for 
                                                agriculture commodities, skilled      elderly and patients who have less 
                                                workforce, lower labor cost and       ability to chew and swallow safely 
                                                be able to do a year-round            or who are being fed by feeding 
                                                farming. And considering as           tube. According to Ramathibodi 
                                                “The kitchen of the world” is         Hospital, normally the hospital 
                                                what Thailand has been called in      has to import blended diets for 
                                                the past several decades. Food        patients from other countries 
                                                industries are considering as the     which are costly and have to go 
                                                country’s main source of income.      through melting process before 
                                                Thailand is one of the largest food   feeding which wastes of times. 
                                                exporters in the global market and    So, the development of smart 
                                                the second in Asia. The industry      soup provides more convenient 
                                                contributed about USD 102 billion     as it can be directly used with the 
                                                in 2017 which was approximately       feeding tube which can reduce 
                                                23% of the total country’s GDP.       the chance of contamination. The 
                                                                                      company plans to add elderly 
                                                    • Smart Soup by the joining       foods to become a new range of 
                                                of CPF and Mahidol University         products and export them over 
                                                    In Thailand, the big food         30 countries worldwide especially 
                                                company like Charoen Pokphan          China, US and Britain. By  
                                                Foods (CPF) joins with Mahidol        developing innovative foods for 
                                                University to study on innovative     elderly, the company expects to 
                                                foods under the “Smart Food”          increase its revenue by 10 - 12% 
                                                concept that contains natural         to 130 billion baht in 2019.
           nicer than blended foods. Texture 
           modified foods is one of the 
           famous choices among seniors 
           and hospitals as there is no need 
           to waste of time chopping vegetable 
           and meat in small pieces. It offers 
           variety of special diet meals suitable 
           for patients or elderly which  
           beyond the staple steamed-fish-
           and-porridge meal. 
              • Elderly Food as a New Source 
           of Income for Food Industry  
              The increasing in aging 
           population around the world 
           affect the growth in demand of