Sweden proposes to increase Vitamin D fortification to US levels

Sweden to expand mandatory vitamin D fortification Food Navigator

Food	Before	After
Milk	3.85 and 5 mg/L	10 mg/L
cooking oil		20 micrograms/ 100 grams

Note: most Swedish companies were already doing this, but now it may become manditory

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See also VitaminDWiki

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