South Korean supplement trends: Red ginseng and probiotics popular as 69% say they use health functional foods

By Tingmin Koe

05-May-2021 - Last updated on 05-May-2021 at 04:57 GMT

Nearly seven in 10 Koreans said they had bought and consumed health functional foods last year, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) involving 1,500 men and women aged 19 and above.

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