“Functional foods” contain active components like vitamins, antioxidants, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics, and minerals to help maintain good health, lower disease risk, and enhance wellbeing. There has been an increase in the demand for these foods, mainly since the COVID-19 pandemic, when people realized the importance of choosing products and supplements that boost immunity. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to determine the Egyptian community’s familiarity with functional foods. Based on the data, they were received via an online survey (n = 201) conducted in Alexandria governorate, Egypt, between March 2021 and July 2021. The majority of respondents are between the ages of 20 and 40, with 61.7% being females and 38.3% being males, according to the results. In addition, even though consumers are unfamiliar with the term “functional foods,” they always consumed func-tional foods such as dairy products (39.3%) and vegetables and fruits (31.8%), as they were aware of their health benefits.
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