Photo: Xaume Olleros/RTI
Globally, 94 countries have legislation to mandate fortification of at least one industrially milled cereal grain.
Of these, 93 countries mandate fortification of wheat flour alone or in combination with other grains. One country—Papua New Guinea—has a mandate only for rice fortification.
When FFI was founded in 2002, only 38 countries mandated fortification of wheat flour, maize flour, or rice.
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Spreadsheet of countries with mandatory legislation for each grain.
Is Your Country Fortified?
Mandatory Cereal Grain Fortification Legislation
Countries with Mandatory Fortification
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Learn More:
Use the Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) in English or in Spanish (en español). to see which nutrients are in country standards for grains as well as edible oil and salt. Use these directions:
On the right panel, select the food vehicle of interest and the nutrients of interest.
Below the GFDx map is a table with information used to populate the map.
Below the table, scroll over the Download button and click on CSV to download a file with the selected data.
Note: If a country has multiple foods that include the nutrient in the standard, the country will appear multiple times in the downloaded file.