A Nutrition Dense Additive for Processed food items

According to a WHO report in 2005, chronic diseases like heart diseases, obesity, cancer, epilepsy, stroke and diabetes are more prevalent in recent years in lower and middle income countries, like India. [...]in the current study a nutrient rich food additive was developed for the fortification of ready to cook food products. The amount of vitamin A obtained is very low. Since Vitamin A is very sensitive to light, the drying of ingredients would have led to loss of vitamin A. Allwood MC (1982) demonstrated that vitamin A might get absorb in the plastic containers they are kept in, which can account for less availability of vitamin A in sample[11]. The additive can be further tested on other ready to eat food products like sandwiches, curries, and rice and wheat batters. [...]the developed additive can be used in food industry as a health supplement with further analysis of bioactive components.