- 11/09/2012
The objective of this paper is to introduce the reader to the set of papers included in this Supplement reviewing methods and experience with Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys to inform nutrition, and specifically food fortification programs.
- 20/06/2018
The primary objectives of this chapter are to review methodologies used to date to evaluate the impact of food fortification programs in populations, discuss the strengths and limitations of these methodologies and resulting evidence, and provide recommendations on how such methodologies could be improved.
- 29/12/2016
The objective of this study was to conduct nutrition education based on a market-driven approach guided by the government, in order to develop an effective and feasible model for the promotion of iron-fortified soy sauce in China in one pilot site in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province.
- 27/06/2018
The objective of this paper is to analyze the content of documents used to guide mandatory fortification programs for cereal grains. Legislation, standards, and monitoring documents, which are used to confirm fortification, were collected from countries with mandatory wheat flour, maize flour, and/or rice fortification.
- 01/09/2016
Rice fortification provides an opportunity to deliver essential micronutrients to populations that consume rice as a dietary staple. The objective of this study was to describe miller and public sector experiences and perspectives on rice fortification with micronutrients in Colombia and offer recommendations for policy makers.
- 13/07/2018
Despite the global recommendation for fortification of salt with iodine, including salt used in food processing, most salt iodization programs have focussed only on iodization of household salt. This paper provides a comprehensive review of studies conducted to assess the effect of iodized salt on the organoleptic properties of processed foods and condiments.
- 01/06/2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential contribution of fortification of vegetable oils with vitamin A in Indonesia and Malaysia to increasing vitamin A consumption in these two countries and in countries to which oil is exported.
- 01/10/2015
The aim of this study was to assess oil consumption, vitamin A intake and retinol status before and a year after the fortification of unbranded palm oil with retinyl palmitate.
- 01/09/2012
Fortification of vegetable oil with vitamin A is considered a cost-effective and simple to implement strategy, but the stability of vitamin A remains a limiting factor. The objective of this study was to estimate vitamin A losses in oil with different chemical characteristics.
- 15/12/2012
Despite considerable progress made in the past decade through salt iodization programs, over 2 billion people worldwide still have inadequate iodine intake. This study validates a newly developed device that quantitatively measures the content of potassium iodate in salt in a simple, safe, and rapid way.