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FORTIFICATION FOOD STAPLE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Dietetics
CONT

Fortification of food staples with iron, vitamin A, iodine and other micronutrients is the most cost-effective, sustainable option for eliminating micronutrient deficiencies. Salt iodization, reaching an additional 1.5 billion consumers worldwide since 1990 and sparing millions of babies from mental retardation each year, is testimony to how successful fortification programmes can be.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Diététique
CONT

Une autre solution présentant un bon rapport coût-efficacité consiste à enrichir les aliments de base que consomme la plus grande partie de la population et dont les méthodes de production se prêtent à l'enrichissement, comme les huiles ou la farine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Dietética
CONT

Alimentos enriquecidos: El enriquecimiento de alimentos - el agregado de uno o más micronutrientes esenciales para un alimento con el propósito de evitar o corregir una carencia de esos nutrientes en las poblaciones beneficiarias - es un método para lograr el objetivo de eliminar o reducir de manera sustancial las carencias importantes de micronutrientes.

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