Bread – Biscuit – Bakery & Pasta Fortification

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Bread – Biscuit – Bakery & Pasta Fortification

The Need

Wheat is the staple food for most Indians and is consumed in the form of homemade roti (unleavened flat bread), to sandwich / brown / multigrain breads, biscuits and bakery items etc. Iron fortification is already widely practised in many parts of the world. For example, more than 20 countries in Latin America have implemented mass iron fortification programmes, most of which involve the fortification of wheat or maize flours. Elsewhere, other frequently used food vehicles include cereal-based complementary foods, products derived from cereal flours (e.g. bread, cereal snacks and breakfast cereals) are also useful food vehicles.12 Advantages of fortifying Wheat Flour/Refined Flour and Cereal Flours range from it being a safe and effective means of providing nutrients for
improving public health excellent vehicle by adding nutrients to the diet is a cost-effective method to prevent nutritional deficiencies. Further, Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 added to the flour is important for fighting anaemia and enhances blood formation. Fortification helps in adding back these nutrients.13

Bread, biscuit and bakery product fortification have been found to have significant and positive impact on nutrition among children.

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