Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and ...

Flour is already fortified with calcium, niacin, thiamine and iron to improve public health. The move to include folic acid ...

A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious problems for babies, known as neural tube ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies ...

In the UK, flour is already fortified with calcium carbonate, iron, nicotinic acid or nicotinamide, and thiamine, also known ...

The government announced new measures this week, to help prevent conditions including spina bifida by adding folic acid to ...

UK mandates folic acid fortification in non-wholemeal flour by 2026, aiming to prevent 200 birth defects annually such as ...

Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal flour from the end of 2026 to prevent birth defects, the Government has announced.

Folic acid fortification will be introduced in the UK to help reduce the number of life-threatening birth defects in babies ...

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iron, nicotinic acid or nicotinamide, and thiamine, also known as vitamin B1. England’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty welcomed the plans to add folic acid. He said ...

Some folic acid supplements may also contain additional nutrients, such as vitamin B12 or iron. If you have a deficiency in one of these nutrients, a supplement that combines folic acid with the ...