Category: Food Fortifications

A premix is a powdered blend of vitamins and minerals that flour millers use for fortification. Premixes are usually prepared with diluents so they can be added to flour at a standard dosage rate such as 200, 250, or 300 grams per metric ton. A premix allows a miller to add several micronutrients at the […]

A number of reputable premix manufacturers and suppliers are located in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore. Many companies of Indian origin have agencies operating globally. Many international pre-mix companies are also based in India and other countries across the world.

“The cost of the premix is mostly affected by the number of vitamins and minerals included and the quantity of each nutrient. Vitamin A is the most expensive nutrient to include in flour

To fortify flour, the miller has to make a one-time fixed expense of buying feeders. The one-time capital cost of purchasing equipments and setting up a laboratory for qualitative tests for internal quality assurance is estimated between 80,000 INR to 150,000 INR. Some costs may also be associated with staff training.

Children, pregnant and lactating women especially benefit from consuming fortified wheat flour as they require high levels of vitamins and minerals to support physical growth and the development of new tissues. The standards for fortification are set keeping in view that when many fortified foods reach the population, the population is not consuming excessive levels […]

Double fortified salt is high-grade, refined, adequately iodised salt, which is further fortified with iron. Iodised salt is common edible salt to which a very small quantity of iodine has been added. Iodised salt has been in use in India since 1962 and was mandated by law for human consumption in 2005.

DFS contains iodine (as potassium iodate) at a level of 30 parts per million (ppm) at the production level at 15 ppm at the consumer level, along with iron (as Ferrous Sulphate or Ferrous Fumarate) at a level of 850-1100 ppm. Depending upon the type of iron compound used, it may additionally contain stabilizers and […]

Oil producing and packaging companies can state that their product (edible oil) is fortified with vitamins. But they need to indicate levels of added micronutrients on the label, as is required by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Notification, New Delhi, dated the 1st August, 2011, F.No. […]

Government of India, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, provides financial assistance to entrepreneurs for setting up food processing industries, including up-gradation/ modernization of food processing industries for fortification.

The feeder is usually on top of the final flour collection conveyer where premix drops by gravity into flour as it move through the conveyer. When an existing mill has to install a feeder to begin fortification, there may not be room on top of the conveyer for a feeder. In this case the feeder […]

The feeder must consistently deliver premix to the flour conveyer at a point that allows for sufficient mixing time so that the premix is evenly dispersed in the flour. Tips for doing that are: • Place the feeder more than three meters from the discharge end of the conveyer where the premix is added. • […]

Government of India, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, provides financial assistance to entrepreneurs for setting up food processing industries, including up-gradation/ modernization of food processing industries for fortification.

Experiences in countries that are already fortifying show that fortified foods are completely safe for consumers and that the benefits are enormous. The amount of vitamins and minerals added to a specific food is usually set at a proportion of the individual’s daily requirement and is usually less than one third of the total RDA. […]

India is a net importer of vitamins either in the form of intermediate or finished format. There are several converters of vitamins present in India who import either semi-finished formats or intermediates of vitamins in India and then do final conversion step here. You can find the list on http://ffrc.fssai.gov.in/ffrc/premix_manufacturer

Premix should be stored at 20-25 degree centigrade temperature, in a cool, dry place. Preferably in an air conditioned room.