Many U.S. food manufacturers are betting on the success of new foods supplemented with vitamins or minerals. These food products are known as functional foods or nutraceuticals and while they have some running to the market, others are concerned about too much of a good thing. 

When Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon strip Dilbert, couldn't find nutritious fast food, he went back to the drawing board. He came up with the Dilberito, a burrito sprayed with 100 percent of all the vitamins and minerals a person needs in a day.

"It's just three minutes in the microwave, it's hand held, it works with a busy lifestyle," Adams said.

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CNN
October 20, 1999

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