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Fortification of Staple Foods

BASF is a leading global producer of vitamin A for human nutrition.

Fortification of staple foods with vitamin A is an important way to improve vitamin A status in developing countries, where malnutrition is a severe public health problem. BASF offers special vitamin A products for fortification of staple foods. These meet exceptional requirements in stability and efficacy even under extreme climatic conditions.

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BASF’s Team of Vitamin A Specialists

From Central America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia to the Pacific Islands, BASF provides technical advice to local producers of fortified oil, sugar, flour and milk. More than three decades of experience in product development and application make BASF supplier of choice. BASF is involved in many programs to help local producers of staple foods, – as well as the public sector and civil society to combat the global burden of vitamin A malnutrition.

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Science around us

Microcapsules against
malnutrition

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Using Vitamins to Counter Malnutrition

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Vitamin A Test Kit

Easy-to-use, for analysis of vitamin A in staple foods

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Maplecroft– the corporate responsibility specialist, and BASF – a founding participant of the United Nations Global Compact and leading provider of food-fortification solutions, have partnered to produce an interactive map of hunger.

The Global Map of Hunger is based on latest data from Food
and Agriculture Organisation of the UN
, UNICEFand the World
Health Organisation
.

For the full version of the interactive map, please click on the
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