Rice Fortification
Rice Fortification is a well-targeted food vehicle to reduce vitamin and mineral deficiencies since rice is the major staple food for more than 70 percent of the Indian population. The people of rice-eating states consume 260 grams of rice per day. It meets 31 percent of the population’s total energy intake and is a source of income and employment to more than 100 million farming families in rural India.
Rice also constitutes a significant percentage of the grains distributed and cooked under the government social security nets. Fortified rice, if provided through delivery channels that ensure maximum coverage like the PDS, MDM, or ICDS, can reach every family under the scheme and is a viable way to plug the nutritional gap. Rice fortification with Iron for addressing the incidence of anemia, beri beri, and neural tube defects, along with hemoglobin levels.
The fortification of rice makes it more nutritious by adding vitamins and minerals, many of which are lost during the milling and polishing process. Rice can be fortified using dusting, coating or extrusion technology
Rice Fortification with Vitamins and Minerals
- Hot extrusion passes dough made of rice flour, vitamin/mineral mix, and water through a single or twin screw extruder and cuts it into grain-like structures that resemble rice grains.
- This process involves relatively high temperatures (70-110°C) obtained by preconditioning and/or heat transfer through steam heated barrel jackets.
- It results in fully or partially pre-cooked simulated rice-like grains that have a similar appearance (sheen and transparency) as regular rice kernels.
- The rice-premix thus developed is blended with natural polished rice at about 1:200 ratio to produce fortified rice.
- Iron: 28mg -42.5mg (Ferric Pyrophosphate)
- Folic acid : 75 mcg – 125 mcg (folic Acid)
- Vitamin B12: 0.75mcg – 1.25 mcg (cyanocobalamin)
Optional:
- Zinc: 10mg -15mg (zinc oxide)
- Vitamin A: 500 mcg -750mcg (Retinyl Palmitate)
- Vitamin B1Thiamine: 1mg – 1.5mg (Thiamine hydrochloride, Thiamine mononitrate)
- Vitamin B2 Riboflavin: 1.25mg – 1.75mg (Riboflavin, Riboflavin 5’ phosphate sodium)
- Vitamin B3 Niacin: 12.5mg – 20mg (Nicotinamide, Nicotinic acid)
- Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine: 1.5mg – 2.5mg (Pyridoxine hydrochloride).
We offer customized Micronutrient Premixes based on customer requirements and formulation.
Brand differentiation: logo that can be used for your brand after fortification
Health Claims
- Iron helps prevent anemia
- Vitamin B12 for healthy heart
- Vitamin and mineral enriched
A pioneering company in fortification and nutritional value addition for wide range of products.