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technology > food technology > food processing > nutrient improvement > food enrichment

PREFERRED TERM

void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z

skos:notation: 3018

food enrichment  

DEFINITION

  • Refers to the addition of micronutrients to a food irrespective of whether the nutrients were originally in the food before processing or not.

    Created: 11/12/20

    (en)

BROADER CONCEPT

SCOPE NOTE

  • Enrichment has been used interchangeably with fortification (FAO/WHO, 1994), but elsewhere it has been defined as the restoration of vitamins and minerals lost during processing (Hoffpauer and Wright, 1994). (en)

HAS GOAL OR PROCESS

IS PROCESS FOR

USES PROCESS

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URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3018

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