Nowadays, a variety of "fortified foods" are popular in the market, such as high-calcium milk, high-calcium biscuits, vitamin C drinks, high-iodized eggs, DHA infant formula, iron-containing biscuits, and selenium-rich rice. At the end of last year, the Chinese Center for Disease Control announced a high-profile announcement of the nationwide promotion of iodine-containing edible salt, iron-fortified soy sauce, fortified vitamin A edible oil, and fortified flour.

　　 should choose fortified food suitable for you according to the situation. So what is nutrient-fortified food? Food nutrient-fortification refers to the fact that food is artificially added with some nutrients that are necessary for the human body in the process of processing, but it is easy to lack in daily dietary life to ensure the human body''s nutritional needs.

　　First, don’t believe too much in advertising

　　 in principle, what is missing and what is missing. For everyone, the nutritional needs and diet are different. Therefore, when purchasing fortified foods, don''t choose based on advertising and product introductions only, but have your own pertinence.

　　Second, pay attention to the content of nutrients

　　The nutrients and their content in food are very important for health, but especially for fortified food rice. If the effective ingredients in a certain fortified food are insufficient, then you will not be able to achieve the desired effect if you eat a lot of this food; if you add too much of a certain nutrient in the fortified food, it will also cause harm to the human body. So pay attention to the total amount of nutrients in fortified food.

　　Three, excessive intake of some nutrients will bring new health hazards

　　For babies with strong growth and development and elderly with slow metabolism, Fortified foods with multiple nutrient formulas should be selected as much as possible. The digestion and absorption of trace elements calcium, iron, zinc, etc. in the human body are competing with each other. Too much of them will reduce the absorption of other elements. Therefore, pay attention to the balance between nutrients to be beneficial to health; Harmful, such as fat-soluble vitamin A or D can cause poisoning.

　　Fourth, pay attention to the difference between natural and synthetic

　　 added nutrient fortifiers are both natural and chemically synthesized. The so-called natural is made by natural Extracted from food, and chemically synthesized is obtained by chemical methods, such as selecting oyster shells, cultured pearl shells, stone calcined calcium carbonate and other methods; vitamins also have natural animal and plant extracts and chemical synthesis the difference. More formal manufacturers will list the name and quantity of nutrients used on the food label.

　　Five, all brands also need to compare with each other

　　 In addition, when reading the brand, you may wish to compare the brands, because different brands may have Different. When you cannot judge, it is best to take a cautious attitude and buy products from regular manufacturers.