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In today's life, people believing more in "Prevention is better than cure." Since this is our overly processed food supply lacks the nutrients needed for maximum health is acknowledged by health care professionals. To overcome this problem, the best compounds came into our mind is "Nutraceuticals." Dairy products like milk and citrus fruits are a couple of examples of nutraceuticals. In order to prevent COVID-19 disease, several naturally occurring food ingredients have been investigated. Products like Bee propolis, Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), Camellia sinensis, Quercetin, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Probiotics etc are yet no direct evidence indicating the beneficial specifically against COVID-19 but reported benefits of these products in the ICU context suggest that it could be considered for patients. COVID-19 pandemic plays the role of catalyst to made nutraceuticals as emerging business. Government, to provide the best quality of nutraceuticals products to consumers, made Act & Rules for manufacturing, processing, selling, import-export, packaging & labelling of nutraceuticals product. Different countries have different authorities for nutraceuticals. In India, FSSAI is the working authority which control are the actions. FSSAI approved nutraceuticals product get a unique 14-digits number with symbol of FSSAI on product package. In USA, USFDA defines Nutraceuticals as Dietary Supplements under DSHEA & DSHEA is the working authority. DSHEA regulates all the regulatory requirements like product licensing, proof of safety and effectiveness, labelling, health claims, GMP, reporting of adverse reactions, and clinical trials. In Japan, MHLW defines Nutraceuticals as Food for Specified Health Use & takes all the necessary actions regarding their quality, safety & efficacy. The nutraceuticals products which are approved by MHLW get a symbol of FoSHU on their product package.