Equity in access to fortified maize flour and corn meal
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Equity in access to fortified maize flour and corn meal
Mass fortification of maize flour and corn meal with a single or multiple micronutrients is a public health intervention that aims to improve vitamin and mineral intake, micronutrient nutritional status, health, and development of the general population. Micronutrient malnutrition is unevenly distributed among population groups and is importantly determined by social factors, such as living con...
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Corn is the cereal with the highest production worldwide and is used for human consumption, livestock feed, and fuel. Various food technologies are currently used for processing industrially produced maize flours and corn meals in different parts of the world to obtain precooked refined maize flour, dehydrated nixtamalized flour, fermented maize flours, and other maize products. These products ...
متن کاملThe case for fortified flour.
In presenting the case for fortified flour I have purposely tried to avoid argument and to deal with established facts. I must, however, recall the strong preference of the public for white bread as against even the slightly darker bread made from 80% extraction flour. I can, of course, give, and on other occasions have given, proof of it, but I am assuming that it is accepted by this Society, ...
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In 2003 the Department of Health of South Africa embarked on a mandatory fortification programme of maize meal as part of a nutrition program to alleviate malnutrition. The aim of this study was to determine the vitamin A content in fortified white maize meal and the maize porridge prepared with it as purchased and consumed. The highest mean vitamin A concentration in the maize meal was 261 μgR...
متن کاملEffect of a fortified maize-meal porridge on anemia, micronutrient status, and motor development of infants.
BACKGROUND Maize-meal porridge is used for infant feeding in many African countries, including South Africa. A low-cost, finely milled, maize-meal porridge was fortified with beta-carotene, iron, and zinc (100% of recommended dietary allowance), as well as ascorbic acid, copper, selenium, riboflavin, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and vitamin E. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether the fortified porridg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0077-8923,1749-6632
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12306