Food fortification is the process of adding nutrients into foodstuff that do not already contain them. For example, milk is often fortified with additional vitamin D, to boost its nutritional value.

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Functional foods that aim to maintain or improve health are appearing in a host of different food categories. This article takes an in-depth look at one of the earliest ways of fortifying food – ...