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RATIONALE FOR WHEAT FLOUR FORTIFICATION
Figure 10. - Vitamin losses versus extraction rate.
Source - “Effect Of Processing On Nutritional Value Of Various End Products Of Wheatâ€.
Krishisewa.com. N.p., 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2016.
WHEAT FLOUR FORTIFICANTS
In Kenya, the vitamins and minerals added to Wheat flour are:
Vitamin A Vitamin A palmitate
B1: Thiamine Mononitrate
Vitamin B complex B2: Riboflavin
B3: Niacin amide
Iron Folates: Folic acid
Zinc B6:Pyrodoxine
Vit. B12 0.1 % Water Soluble (WS)
Ferrous fumerate
Zinc Oxide
Table 5. - List of nutrients added to Wheat flour
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