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fortification

[fawr-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌfɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Fortification of staple foods is an easy way to ensure consumption, so the U.S. mandated folic acid fortification of cereal grains in 1998.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Fortification can be a potent strategy in helping people to shift towards plant-based diets by enriching these diets with nutrients that would otherwise be lacking.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2023

Fortification “has not been considered justified” by the scientific evidence, says an official of the European Commission.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2021

Fortification of salt with iodine began in the United States in 1924, and international efforts to iodize salt in the world’s poorest nations continue today.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In the early Morning, armed Regiments began to take up Muskets & move about the Fortification; & many who had labored all Night now prepared to defend their Works all Day.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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