Food Fortification

Featured Publications 

• Monitoring and Evaluating Food Fortification Programs: General Overview (PDF)
  A2Z Project (2006).
   
• Rice Fortification in Developing Countries: A Critical Review of the Technical and Economic Feasibility (PDF)
  A2Z and IFT (2008).
   
  
• The Food Fortification Formulator: Frequently Asked Questions
  A2Z Project, (2008).
   
• The Food Fortification Formulator: Technical Determination of Fortification Levels and Standards for Mass Fortification (PDF)
  A2Z Project, Omar Dary and Michael Hainsworth (2008).

  The tools for the calculation of the fortification of various foods with micronutrients were developed by Dr. Omar Dary, A2Z/AED and are available below. To access each spreadsheet, click on the following widely consumed food:

• ECSA Fortification Levels
  ECSA - HC (2007).

• Food Control Manuals
  A2Z (2010).

• Guidelines on Food Fortification with Micronutrients (external link, PDF)
  WHO and FAO (2006).

Country Resources

• Key Catalyst, Collective Voice: The East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community's Initiative on Food Fortification as a Public Health Intervention
  A2Z Project (2011).
• Once Upon a Partnership: A Model for Sustainable Fortification Interventions
  A2Z Project (2011).
• Uganda - Ministry of Health Food Fortification Program
  A2Z Project (2007).

Journal Articles

• Determining Dietary Patterns and Biochemical Markers among Women and Children in Hebron and Gaza City
  A2Z (2010)
   
• The Demand for Locally Manufactured Complementary Food Products among Palestinian Caregivers
  A2Z (2010)
   
• Manual of Methods for Determining Micronutrients in Fortified Foods
  A2Z (2010)
   
• Inspection Manual for Monitoring Salt and Flour Fortification
  A2Z (2010)
   
• Analysis of Inspection Results from Salt and Wheat Flour Samples
  A2Z (2010)
   
• A Wise Combination of Several Strategies is Needed to Prevent Nutritional Anemia
  Dary. Nutrition Magazine (2006).
   
• Establishing Safe and Potentially Efficacious Fortification Contents for Folic Acid and Vitamin B12
  Omar Dary. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2008).

• Food Fortification as a Public Health Strategy and the Contributions of A2Z
  Dary. Sight and Life Magazine (2009).

• Household Income and Expenditures Surveys: A Tool for Accelerating the Development of Evidence-based, Fortification Programs
  Fiedler, Francois Smitz, Dupriez, and Friedman. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2008).

• How Can Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies be Reduced? Implementing Proven Interventions at Scale
  Omar Dar, Tina Sanghvi, Robin Houston. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2007).

• Nutritional Interpretation of Folic Acid Interventions
  Dary. Nutrition Reviews (2008).
   
• Recommendations on Wheat and Maize Flour Fortification: Meeting Report: Interim Consensus Statement
  Published by World Health Organization (2009).

• The Importance and Limitations of Food Fortification for the Management of Nutritional Anemia
  Omar Dary. Sight and Life Nutritional Anemia Guidebook (2007).
   
• Vitamin A Fortification of Wheat Flour: Considerations and Current Recommendations
  Klemm, West, Palmer, Johnson, Randall, Ranum, and Northrop-Clewes. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2010).
   
• Wheat Flour Fortification is Unlikely to Benefit the Neediest in Guatemala
  Dary, Imhoff-Kunsch, Flores, and Martorell. The Journal of Nutrition (2007).