Rice: a potential vehicle for micronutrient fortification

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Cereals Fortification with Vitamins & Minerals

Sr. No.	Cereal	Fortification		Fortification Method	Country	Citation
Sr. No.	Cereal	Mineral	Vitamin	Fortification Method	Country	Citation
1	Rice	Iron, Zinc	Vit A, B1, B12	Hot Extrusion tech.	Bangladesh	[53]
1	Rice	Iron, Zinc	Vit A, B1, B12	Hot Extrusion tech.	Nepal	[54]
2	Rice	–	Vit A, B9,	Parboiling (Soaking with limited water)	USA	[55]
3	Rice	Iron,Zinc	Vit A, B3, B6, B9, B12	–	Nepal	[56]
4	Rice	Zinc	–	Parboiling	Bangladesh	[57]
5	Rice	Iron	Vit B9, Beta-carotene	Parboiling	Sydney, Austrailia	[58]
6	Rice	Calcium, Iron	–	Parboiling (Soaking with limited water)	USA	[59]
7	Rice	Iron, Zinc	Vit A, B1, B3, B6, B12	Cold, Hot Extrusion	South Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam)	[60]
8	Rice	–	Vit B5	Sonication	Philippines	[61]
9	Rice	–	Vit B9	Ultrasonication	Philippines	[62]
10	Wheat Flour	Iron, Zinc	–	Fe and Zn Sulphate Fortificants	California, Davis	[63]
11	Wheat Flour	–	Vit B 9	–	Chile	[64]
12	Wheat Flour	Calcium, Iron, Zinc	–	Mixing with fortificant salts	Pakistan	[65]
13	Wheat Flour	Iron	–	Mixing with Fortificant salt	Northern China	[66]
14	Rice, Wheat	Iron	Vit A, B9	Forticant mix	India	[67]
15	Wheat Flour	Iron, Zinc	Vit B9, B12	Forticant mix	Yaoundé, Douala, Cameroon	[68]
16	Maize Flour	Iron	–	Iron Fortificant mixes.	Kenya	[69]
17	Maize flour	–	Vit A, B1, B2, B6	Vitamin Fortificants	South Africa	[70]
18	Wheat Flour	–	Vit B9	Vitamin fortificant	Australia	[71]
19	Wheat Flour	Iron	Vit A	Fortificants mix.	India	[72]