Food Fortrification Flashcards
What is the full form of FSSAI ?
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
What are the two S’s for ?
Safety and Standards
Fancy name for micronutrient deficiency
Hidden hunger
What is food fortrification ?
Deliberate addition of micro nutrients
What has Venezuela done in food fortrification ?
Add iron to wheat and maize flour
What did Morocco do in food fortrification ?
Double fortify salt
What disease were Morocco trying to stop with double fortified salt ?
Anaemia
According to National Health Survey, what percentage of Indian women and children suffer from Anaemia ?
50%
What percentage of Indian population suffers with Vitamin D deficiency ?
70%
Why is food fortification socially acceptable ?
No changes required to staple diet
According, to Copenhagen Consensus 1 Ruppee on Food fortrification results in how many ruppees to the economy
9 Ruppees
Is it mandatory for people to consume fortified food ?
No it is voluntary in nature, which is why it is a challenge.
What’s another name for National Nutrient Strategy ?
Kuposhkan Mukt Bharat
What is full form of FFRC ?
Food Fortification and Resource Center
What was FFRC launched to do ?
Large scale food fortrification
FSSAI wants to add what to wheat and maize ?
Iron (Like Venezuela), Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid
What does FSSAI want to add to milk and edible oil ?
Vitamins - A and D
What does it wnat to double fortrify salt with ?
Iodine and Iron
Where was food fortrification first introduced ?
USA and Switzerland
When was food fortrification introduced ?
1920
How does food fortrification seek to stop diseases in a region ?
By stopping nutrient deficiency (hidden hunger) in the staple food
How many main methods to do food fortrification ?
3
What are they ?
Commercially, Biologically and at home
Example of industrial food fortrification
Wheat, flour, maize, oil are done industrially
