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The Food Fortification Initiative advocates for and supports fortification of industrially milled cereal grains by collaborating with multi-sector partners.

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FFI’s 2024 Annual Report is hot off the presses! 🍞

In 2024, we supported 27 countries across 5 regions, reducing the risk of micronutrient deficiencies for approximately 1.3 billion people.

Read about our work to strengthen nutrition worldwide → https://t.co/lxJOJUL6aW

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Safe food should also be nutritious food. 🌍
Food fortification helps deliver essential vitamins and minerals through everyday foods while supporting safe food systems.

On #WorldFoodSafetyDay, we recognize food systems that protect and nourish communities worldwide.

#Nutrition

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Women and adolescent girls in humanitarian settings face higher risks of malnutrition and hidden hunger.

UNICEF highlights how food fortification can help deliver essential vitamins and minerals at scale.
Read more: https://t.co/IzyZJtzBaZ

#FoodFortification #MaternalHealth

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"For decades, the science has been clear: fortifying staple foods with folic acid is one of the most cost-effective and evidence-based public health measures to prevent neural tube defects, including spina bifida."
At #WHA79, Anđela Radovanović called for action.

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Three years after WHA 76.19, countries are advancing food fortification to prevent micronutrient deficiencies. The new Nourishing Progress report highlights policy, implementation, and partnership progress across 29 countries.
Read more: https://t.co/XL9lFGTDif
#WHA79 #Nutrition

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Climate change may reduce nutrients in staple crops, but food fortification can help restore essential vitamins and minerals to foods people eat every day.
A changing climate requires proven nutrition solutions.
Read more: https://t.co/wOybefMoby
#FoodFortification #ClimateChange

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“Hidden hunger” affects millions in India and worldwide.
Food fortification helps by adding essential vitamins and minerals to everyday foods — a proven way to improve health outcomes and build healthier futures.
Read more: https://t.co/DFNTFl1Szs
#FoodFortification #HiddenHunger

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On #InternationalDayofActionforWomensHealth, we’re highlighting how micronutrients support women’s health.

Large-scale #FoodFortification delivers nutrients like iron, vitamin B9, and iodine to support health before, during, and after pregnancy.

#WomensHealth #Micronutrients

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#NowReading: https://t.co/ksVejrU0cN

Mandatory vitamin B9 fortification works. Countries with mandatory policies have:
✔️Higher folate levels
✔️~50% lower neural tube defects

Voluntary fortification leaves many at risk. We support fortification globally.
#FoodFortification

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Are you a delegate at #WHA79? Interested in scaling large-scale food fortification in your country?

Join our official WHA side event in Geneva, supplemented by practical insights and opportunities to accelerate impact. 🌍

#FoodFortification #NutritionForAll

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As leaders prepare for #WHA79, malnutrition remains urgent.

Large-scale food fortification and multiple micronutrient programs are proven, cost-effective solutions ready to scale.

FFI is proud to support partners advancing these efforts.

#GlobalHealth #FoodFortification

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Why does vitamin B9 fortification matter? Since 1998, neural tube defects in the U.S. have declined significantly—but corn masa products were left out. California’s new law is helping change that.

🎧 https://t.co/xcvNenPRec

#FoodFortification #FolicAcid #PublicHealth

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California is the first U.S. state to require vitamin B9 in corn masa flour—a major step to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida. Proud to have helped shape this legislation to support public health.

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NPR: https://t.co/WoeAQAi6JG
KQED: https://t.co/xVnybrIxhP

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#EarthDay #FoodFortification #GlobalHealth #NutritionMatters #Sustainability

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Earth Day reminds us everything starts with the earth—including the foods we rely on daily. 🌍

Staples like wheat, rice, and maize feed billions, but fortification helps make them more nutritious, especially as challenges like soil degradation mean fewer nutrients in crops.

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"It's such a small effort for such a tremendous impact," says Andrea Lopez of fortification with folic acid. "There is very little that I wouldn’t do to spare anybody this heartache."

Read the article: https://t.co/jbU52k7iwQ

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@EmoryRollins @GSUArtSci Check it out!
🔗 https://t.co/yURuaMG4HF
@journal of nutrition

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📘New global systematic review and meta-analysis reaffirms mandatory fortification of wheat flour, maize flour, and rice w/ folate gives us the vitamin B9 that our bodies need to be healthy.

@FFInetwork @EmoryRollins @GSUArtSci

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Make your gift before the day ends:

🔗 Donate directly: https://t.co/YWjHI4Na1m

🔗 Learn more about what we hope to do with your support: https://t.co/HVEF2MCrfX

#EmoryDayofGiving #GlobalHealth #FoodFortification

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🚨 Today is the final day of #EmoryDayofGiving!

There’s still time to make your gift count double.

Every contribution supports strong food fortification programs, a sustainable nutrition strategy that prevents micronutrient deficiencies and improves health worldwide!

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12,000 years ago, someone ground grain between two stones and changed human history. Today, fortifying flour is preventing birth defects in 90+ countries.
🌾 Happy #WorldFlourDay! Here’s to the millers making fortification happen.
🔗 https://t.co/hhmneaMkcS
#FoodFortification