OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (22): 3132-3137.

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Analysis of research hotspots and trends of health food in China

HE Cairong1,2, WANG Langhong3, PANG Panxing1,2, XU Zhongyue1,2   

  1. 1. School of Medical Business,Guangdong Pharmaceutical University,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510006,China;
    2. Scientific Research Base of Drug Regulation,Guangdong Medical Products Administration,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510006,China;
    3. School of Food Science and Engineering,Foshan University,Foshan,Guangdong 528225,China
  • Received:2025-03-02 Revised:2025-03-14 Published:2025-12-15
  • Contact: XU Zhongyue,Associate professor,E-mail:xuzhongyue2012@163.com

Abstract: Objective To review the research status,research hotspots and trends in the field of health food in China,and provides reference for the breakthrough and innovative development of the health food industry. Methods Based on bibliometric methods,this paper searched 2 388 research articles related to health food from January 1993 to November 2023,and analyzed the number of publications,institutions,authors,and keyword collinear,clustering,and emergent word graphs using CiteSpace software. Results From 1999 to 2023,the number of published papers showed an overall upward trend,and the main research institutions in China were Nanchang University,Jilin University and Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention,etc.,and the authors with a large number of papers were mainly YANG Dajin,LUO Rencai and TANG Yingzhang.A total of 12 cluster tags were formed in the papers in this field,and after removing the keywords related to the subject,the four keywords with the most frequent occurrence were illegal addition,Chinese patent medicine,preparation process,and health care function. Conclusion The research hotspots and trends focus on the safety and functionality of health foods,as well as the development and promotion of Chinese medicines in health foods.

Key words: Health food, Bibliometrics, CiteSpace, Research hotspots, Trend

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