fortification

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While they are often described as providing "empty calories," the study found they can meet micronutrient needs, largely because of vitamin fortification.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

The fortification of flour will therefore help boost intake of folic acid across the population, and, indirectly, better protect unborn babies.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

That study showed that fortification reduced anemia but did not affect students' performance in school.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Cereal grain fortification also started as voluntary to give manufacturers time to implement changes, but the runway was much shorter: It graduated from voluntary to mandatory in under a year.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Irina Favorskaya was a student at the Moscow Institute of Geology when the war started, and like many other young women her age, she’d spent the summer of 1941 digging fortification trenches.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein