The difference between special diets and ordinary foods
2025-04-15
I. Definition and Applicable Population
Special Diet
Designed for specific groups of people to meet their physiological or pathological needs, such as infants, diabetics, and post-operative patients.
Requires adjusting nutritional components through special formulas or processes to address nutritional problems that cannot be met by ordinary diets.
Ordinary Food
Targeted at the general healthy population, only providing basic energy and nutritional needs, without targeted functions.
II. Nutritional Components and Functions
Special Diet
Significant differences in nutritional components: such as low GI (diabetic foods), high protein (sports nutrition), lactose-free (infant formula for lactose intolerance), etc.
Emphasizes bioavailability and metabolic burden control to ensure safety and targeted nutritional support.
Ordinary Food
Follows conventional nutritional ratios, without specific functional orientation, only meeting basic daily needs.
III. Standards and Regulatory Requirements
Special Diet
Implements specialized national standards (such as GB13432), requiring clear indication of the applicable population, formula characteristics, and nutritional components.
Falls under the category of "special foods" as defined by the Food Safety Law, requiring registration, filing, and strict supervision.
Ordinary Food
Follows ordinary food standards, without special registration or labeling requirements, only needing to meet basic food safety regulations.
IV. Packaging and Labeling
Special Diet
Mandatory labeling of "special dietary food" and the applicable population (such as "for pregnant women only"), indicating nutritional differences (such as low sodium, high calcium).
Ordinary Food
Only needs to indicate the common name (such as "pressed tablets"), without special population or functional indications.
V. Application Scenarios
Special Diet
Used for replacing breast milk (infant formula), chronic disease management (diabetic foods), post-operative nutritional supplementation, etc., in targeted scenarios.
Ordinary Food
Meets daily dietary needs, without specific health intervention functions.
Summary: Special diets meet the needs of specific groups of people through targeted formulas and strict supervision, while ordinary foods only provide basic nutritional support. Consumers should pay attention to the applicability statement and nutritional component table on the product label to avoid the risk of misuse.
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