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What is fortified rice and why do we need it?

fortified rice kernel, rice fortification, the demand of fortified rice in India  DATE:2021/12/06

What is fortification?                                                             Fortified rice kernel                                                                                                                                      

* Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals      * Rice is fortified with rice kernels, which are                              

 such as Iron, Iodine, vitamin A & D to staple foods such           manufactured by combining  rice powder

as Rice, Milk, Salt, Wheat Flour and Edible Oil to improve         with micronutrients. Powder is converted 

 their nutritional.                                                                           into rice-like kernels using extrusion 

* The nutrients may or may not have been originally                   technology. The fortified rice closely

present in the food before processing.                                         resemble the sheen, consistency and

* It is a simple, proven, cost-effective and complementary          flavour of regular rice.    

strategy in use across the globe.                                                                                                                                 

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