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A pressing challenge for modern preventative medicine and the food industry is the development of biologically active food additives that help prevent various diseases. The aim of the study was to analyze the mineral composition of newly developed biologically active food additives intended for the prevention of respiratory diseases. The formulation of the biologically active food additives was based on the requirements of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation. The authors used such raw materials as anise fruit, marshmallow root, oregano, and berry powders (sea buckthorn, raspberry, and blackcurrant), obtained by freeze-drying. The study focused on five functional biologically active food additives developed by the authors. The authors present a process flow diagram for the production of the biologically active food additives and the results of an organoleptic quality assessment. They also substantiate the supplements’ mineral composition and their ability to satisfy the daily requirement for essential macronutrients. It has been shown that the developed biologically active food additives with expectorant and an ti-inflammatory action contain mineral elements that play an important role in the vital functions of the human body and affect the functioning of the respiratory system, mg/100 g: potassium 1154.76–1182.99 and 1198.22–1227.08; calcium 574.03–613.12 and 377.84–497.36; magnesium 104.38–202.42 and 136.49–230.21, respectively. The daily requirement of an adult for the main mineral elements – potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and iron – when consuming 100 g of the biologically active food additive with expectorant and anti-inflammatory action is satisfied by more than 15%, which allows classifying the developed biologically active food additives as functional products.