As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), fortification refers to "the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e., vitamins and minerals in a food irrespective of whether the nutrients were originally in the food before processing or not, so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and to provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health", whereas enrichment is defined as "synonymous with fortification and refers to the addition of micronutrients to a food which are lost during processing". The Food Fortification Initiative lists all countries in the world that conduct fortification programs, and within each country, what nutrients are added to which foods. Vitamin fortification programs exist in one or more countries for folate, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin D and vitamin E. As of 21 December 2018, 81 countries required food fortification with one or more vitamins. The most commonly fortified vitamin – as used in 62 countries – is folate; the most commonly fortified food is wheat flour.
as defined by the world health organization (who) and the food and agriculture organization of the united nations (fao) fortification refers to "the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient ie vitamins and minerals in a food irrespective of whether the nutrients were originally in the food before processing or not so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and to provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health" whereas enrichment is defined as "synonymous with fortification and refers to the addition of micronutrients to a food which are lost during processing" the food fortification initiative lists all countries in the world that conduct fortification programs and within each country what nutrients are added to which foods vitamin fortification programs exist in one or more countries for folate niacin riboflavin thiamin vitamin a vitamin b6 vitamin b12 vitamin d and vitamin e as of 21 december 2018 81 countries required food fortification with one or more vitamins the most commonly fortified vitamin – as used in 62 countries – is folate; the most commonly fortified food is wheat flour