Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年9月13日 · Food fortification. Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) in a food or condiment 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 ...
Biofortification of staple crops - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年8月9日 · Biofortification of staple crops. Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health.
Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年2月14日 · Fortification has been identified as one of the most cost-effective nutrition interventions available, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. Fortification of commonly used food vehicles provides an opportunity for increasing nutrient intake during infancy and for populations at risk of deficiencies without any side effects for the ...
Fortification of rice - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年8月9日 · Fortification of rice with folic acid may be used as a public health strategy to improve the folate nutritional status of populations. * A staple food, or simply a staple, is a food that is consumed regularly and provides an important proportion of the energy (calories) and nutrient requirements.
Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
2006年11月25日 · The guidelines are written from nutrition and public health perspective, to provide practical guidance on how food fortification should be implemented, monitored and evaluated. They are primarily intended for nutrition-related public health programme managers, but should also be useful to all those working to control micronutrient malnutrition, including …
Guideline: fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals as a …
2018年5月15日 · Overview. This Fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy: Guideline, is the first evidence-informed guideline from the World Health Organization (WHO) for this intervention with this specific food vehicle – rice. The focus of this document is on the use of this intervention as a public health strategy and ...
Biofortification of crops with minerals and vitamins
Biofortification of crops with minerals and vitamins. Biofortification is the process by which the nutrient density of food crops is increased through conventional plant breeding, and/or improved agronomic practices and/or modern biotechnology without sacrificing any characteristic that is preferred by consumers or most importantly to farmers ...
Fortification of wheat flour - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年8月9日 · Fortification of wheat flour. Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. Wheat is an important ...
Guideline: fortification of wheat flour with vitamins and minerals …
2022年6月3日 · Overview. This guideline provides locally adaptable, clear, evidence-informed global recommendations on the fortification of wheat flour with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy to improve the micronutrient status of populations, which are grounded in gender, equity and human rights approaches with the aim of leaving no one behind.
Food fortification Q&A - World Health Organization (WHO)
2018年6月1日 · Their conclusion: fortification is one of the most cost-effective interventions that exist to address micronutrient malnutrition. Depending on the food and the specific vitamins and minerals added, fortification costs only $0.05 to $0.25 per person per year. Gains in productivity and savings to a nation’s healthcare system are many times this ...