Oil Fortification
A higher percentage of pregnant women and their newborns suffer vitamin D deficiencies and more than 57% of children suffer from Vitamin A deficiency (1).
The penetration of edible oil in our daily diet is greater; hence oil fortification with vitamin A and vitamin D is feasible to reach out to a majority of population. The vegetable oils are indispensable in the human food as also in several industrial uses.
Since vitamin A and D are fat-soluble vitamins, fortification of edible oils and fats with vitamin A and D is a good strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition with simple addition and blending property and fortified oil is known to provide 25%-30% of the recommended dietary allowances for vitamins A & D with no change in the organoleptic property.
The per capita consumption of vegetable oils is rising continuously and likely to touch 16.97 kg/year requiring 20.4 million tonnes of vegetable oil in 2017(2).
Oil Fortification With Vitamin A & Vitamin D
- Oil Fortification Process
- Before adding the premix keep the premix in water bath at 40°c with intermittent shaking for 20 minutes. Use the entire content after opening the seal. Serial dilute the premix before adding to the bulk tank.
- Dilute the oil fortification vitamin premix with some of the cooking oil or fat.
- The mixing process can be either continuously or in batch proces
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Benefits
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Health Claims
- Fortified
- Helps improve bone health& vision
- Vitamin A – 25 IU per gm of oil (Retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate and retinyl propionate)
- Vitamin D – 4.5 IU per gm of oil (Cholecalciferol, Ergocalciferol)
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