Elements of a National Food- Fortification Program for Bangladesh

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This study builds on a recent pilot wheat-flour fortificationprogram in Bangladesh. Performed through MOST for USAID/Dhaka, the pilot program was a limited-term project to improvevitamin A and iron status and also to reduce anemia throughconsumption of fortified wheat flour with vitamin A, iron, zinc,B1, B2, niacin, and folic acid. The study’s primary objective isto identify major elements of a food-fortification strategy inBangladesh, including micronutrient formulation for the foodvehicles identified as suitable for fortification.
Table of Contents and AcronymsTable of ContentsTables and FiguresiiAcronymsiiiSummaryivSection 1: Introduction 1Objective 2Methodology 2Section 2: Nature of the Micronutrient Problem 3Malnutrition 3Micronutrient Deficiency 4Current Efforts to Reduce Micronutrient Deficiency 5Food-Fortification and Micronutrient Malnutrition 5Section 3: Potential Food-Fortification Vehicles 6Edible Oil 6Production, Imports, and Consumption 6Wheat Flour 7Wheat Production and Imports 7Wheat-Flour Consumption 7Production Technology 8Products 8Market Structure 8Sugar 9Production 9Imports and Consumption 9Section 4: Cost Analysis of Food-Fortification 11Rationale 11Results 11Section 5: Elements of a National Food-Fortification Program 14Food Vehicles and Fortification Regime 14Oil 14Wheat Flour 14Sugar 16Fortification Formulation 16Packaging and Labeling 17Oil 17Wheat Flour 17National Capacity to Implement Food Fortification 18References 19Annex A: Estimated Costs of Oil Fortification in Bangladesh 20Annex B: Estimated Costs of Wheat-Flour Fortification in Bangladesh 21Annex C: Estimated Costs of Sugar Fortification in Bangladesh 22Elements of a National Food-fortification Program for Bangladeshi
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