Schlitz beer was fortified with about 200 IU of vitamin D2 in the mid 1930’s
Vitamin D can be added to food very easily
- Very low cost to add vitamin D3
Typically adds less than 0.1% to the cost of the food, and has no taste - Can add vitamin D3 to clear beverages (using microencasulation)
However, most governments restrict what can be added to food which is SOLD
- Possible opportunity to adding vitamin D to the feed of chickens, etc
- Anyone can add vitamin D to the food which they consume at home
Can add bulk vitamin D to your salt or sugar or jam or honey or pepper or basil or etc.
Cost of vitamin D for a month for a family is only a few pennies.
Article on Schlitz Beer March 2012
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), apparently decided to contest the Schlitz claims
eventually the brewery dropped the attempt to capitalize on what was then a health-related craze. - WARF continues to collect royalties for adding vitamin D to milk (and other food?)
- WARF is the largest holder of Vitamin D patents in the world
(Who said that a vitamin could not be patented?)
See also VitaminDWiki
- Vitamin D fortification of food - review Dec 2011
- Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
- 5000 IU vitamin D baked into bread daily raised blood levels to 50 ng – 2009
- Overview Fortification of Vitamin D
- All items in category Fortification with vitamin D
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If the govt would allow, it more could be easily added to feed for chickens, sheep, cattle, etc.
Vets have been giving 3X as much vitamin D to their animals as the US govt recommends for animals and people
Experiments have been run showing, for example, a 6X increase in vitamin D in eggsVitamin D can fortify a variety of food and drinks – even beer – March 201210422 visitors, last modified 15 Aug, 2015, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)Attached files
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