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Food and Beverages > Food > Food, Fortified
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Food, Fortified

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Food, Fortified  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Foods, Supplemented
  • Food, Supplemented
  • Supplemented Food
  • Supplemented Foods

Note

  • coordinate IM with added nutrient if relevant (IM); do not confuse with FOOD, FORMULATED or DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

Scope note

  • Any food that has been supplemented with essential NUTRIENTS either in quantities that are greater than those normally present, or which are not found in the food typically. Fortified food also includes food enriched by adding various nutrients to compensate for those removed by refinement or processing. (Modified from Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992).

History note

  • 1970; for FOOD, SUPPLEMENTED use DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS 1998-2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005527

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