Overview
Fortified foods are products to which essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, have been deliberately added to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. As well as increasing the nutritional content of staple foods, the addition of micronutrients can help to restore the micronutrient content lost during processing. Fortification has been shown to greatly reduce public health problems linked to micronutrient deficiencies.
Fare Labs can analyse the double fortified salt, Fortified milk, Fortified oil, Fortified rice, Fortified flour and Fortified Juice to conform the fortificants requirements as specified in FSSAI Regulation.
Iodine content & Iron content (as Fe) in double fortified salt, it is intended to provide 100% of daily dietary iodine requirement, and 30 to 60% of daily dietary iron requirement. Dual fortification of salt with iodine and iron could be a sustainable approach to combat iodine and iron deficiencies
Vitamin A& D in fortified milk, milk is a rich source of high quality protein, calcium and of fat-soluble vitamins A and D. Vitamins A and D are lost when milk fat is removed during processing. Many countries have a mandatory provision to add back the vitamins removed as it is easily doable. It is called replenishment as the nutrients lost during processing are added back.
Vitamin A& D in fortified oil, vitamin A & D are fat-soluble vitamins, fortification of edible oils and fats with vitamin A and D is a good strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition and fortified oil is known to provide 25%-30% of the recommended dietary allowances for vitamins A&D.
Vitamins (B9, B12, B1, B2, B3, B6, A) and minerals (Fe, Zn) in Fortified wheat flour, Fortified wheat flour is an excellent vehicle for adding nutrients to the diet as wheat flour is commonly consumed by all people.
Vitamin C in fortified Juice, vitamin C added to them, often in amounts that meet or exceed 100% of the daily recommended intake (RDI) per serving. Fortification means adding nutrients that aren’t naturally present in the beverage to improve its nutritional value.