Health functional foods market thrives

The domestic health functional foods market has grown exponentially in the past few years, backed by the nation's well-being boom.

Health foods makers and pharmaceutical firms are all rushing toward the burgeoning market.

According to the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA), the market volume of 43 health foods from 321 firms posted 685.6 billion won in 2005, up 19 percent from a y...