Australian Govt Website
Result of a 2 year long debate
Manuf. can now fortify cereal with Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand
I am unable to quickly see how much vitamin D can be added,
I guess that it is less than 200 IU (per serving), the minimum daily recommended amount in Austraila.
 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
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- Fortifying breakfast cereal with 200 IU might help -June 2016
- Typically takes a century for govts to fortify food with nutrients (like vitamin D)
- Low fat milk provides 2.5 times less vitamin D – May 2016
- Vitamin D – water-soluble is far more absorbable than fat-soluble – Nov 2016
- Bio-Tech is the only company I am aware of that makes a non-liquid water-soluble form of vitamin D
Note
- I have been home-fortifying my morning granola with vitamin D for several years.
- 5,000 IU of Vitamin D powder added to 1 gallon of milk should be great for kids
- This sends an encouraging message to people around the world
Fortification with Vitamin D has
Fortification works, even if food is cooked, but govts rarely fortifiy with enough
Govts, food producers, and families can fortify:
milk, yogurt, beer, bread, cereals, cooking oil, soups, jams, jellys, honey, snack bars, etc.
Some interesting fortification articles
- Biofortification with Vitamin D - several studies
- Vitamin D fortification in Europe preventing 27,000 Cancer deaths, could prevent 129,000 – May 2022
- Vitamin D fortification could eliminate 1 in 10 Cancer deaths in the EU – May 2022
- After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 38 ng levels - March 2022
- Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
- Vitamin D fortification of beverages – Review March 2022
- Bread fortified with Vitamin D - many studies 13+ studies
- International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
- 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
- Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
Cereal in Australia can now be fortified with Vitamin D - Oct 2016
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