prebiotics

At N1 – your leading Johannesburg and Cape Town meat wholesalers – we take great pride in our core values and we constantly strive to provide the best quality, service and delivery possible! We also believe in keeping abreast of all things in the wholesale meat and food industry, and that includes the role food plays in our health. A subject that’s gained much attention in the world of nutrition is how important a happy gut is for optimal health.

Functional foods are foods that not only provide nutritional value and sustenance, but also additional health benefits. The term first surfaced in Japan in the 1980s as part of a food approval process run by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to identify foods that contained ingredients that had a beneficial effect on health and disease prevention.