2019年保健食品界黑馬-植物蝦紅素，到底有多厲害？
工作忙碌、老齡化社會和自我照顧趨勢，使得現代人營養攝取不均衡，透過補保健食品的補充已是常態。 近幾年電視廣告、電視購物上，蝦紅素商品當道，已成為熱夯營養素，繼去年磷蝦油之後2019年最夯的是『植物萃取蝦紅素』，將有機會成為保健食品界的黑馬。
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