Staple Food Fortification (21 Januay, 2024) Quiz

Which are the strategies to combat micronutrient deficiency ?

• Supplementation

• Dietary diversification

• Staple food fortification

• All of the above

Micronutrients include

• Protein

• Fat

• Vitamins & minerals

• Amino acids

Staple food that can be fortified with Vitamin A & D are

• Oil and milk

• Wheat flour

• Salt

• Rice

Government of India mandated that salt should be fortified with

• Folic acid

• Iron

• Iodine

• Zinc

Which of the following are benefits and advantages of Fortification of Food?

• It changes existing food habits

• Alters the physical characteristics of the food

• Fortification is safe and cost effective

• Fortification gives complete nutrition

What is Staple Food Fortification?

• Addition of essential proteins

• Deliberately addition of essential micronutrients in all food

• Enhancing the tastes of staple foods

• Deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrients in staple food

What is meant by enrichment of food

• Replacement of lost vitamins and minerals

• Removal of vitamins and minerals

• Adding all minerals and vitamins

• None of the above

Fortified foods are

• High fibre food

• Foods naturally high in certain nutrients

• Food to which extra nutrient have been added

• Food that contains man-made nutrients

Original purpose of food fortification is

• To make food easier to digest

• To lower the cholesterol

• To increase absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract

• To decrease the occurrence of nutrient deficiencies

What group of vitamins must be added back into flour due to processing loss?

• B-group vitamins

• Water soluble vitamins

• Fat soluble vitamins

• All of the above