Due to the rise of chronic diseases and non communicable disease during the last few decades, the interest and demand for both healthy food and different beverages has increased the interest for healthy food and it is expected to continue increasing in the future. A strong reason for this is the desire among more and more people is to live healthy and long lives. Though Consumer interest in the relationship between diet and health has slightly increased in africa. There is a greater recognition today that people can help themselves and their families to reduce the risk of illness and disease and to maintain their state of health and well being through a healthy lifestyle, including the diet. Functional foods are what people turn to, to help improve thier health positively and reduce the risk of most diseases.