While many categories would have welcomed 6% growth last year, that represented a slowdown for functional foods, which grew by 8% in 2007.  U.S. sales of functional foods and beverages -- defined as those that offer a health advantage beyond basic nutrition and employ this as a primary point of market positioning -- rose from $26.9 billion in 2006 to $29 billion in '07 to $30.7 billion last year, according to a new study from Packaged Facts (PF).
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