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fortification

fortification

1 5.8
Adding something to food and drink to make them healthier or stronger
  • noun
  • /ˌfɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fortificación
  • Calcium fortification of foods, such as cereal, fruit juice, bread products, and snack bars, can vary greatly among brands, so it is best to check the nutrition labeling to identify the calcium content.
  • zinc fortification
  • study of fortification

Examples

  • Hence, these findings from SEARCH are relevant to the public health debate about the safety of mandatory folate fortification for protecting against neural tube defects.

    Blog text (29)

  • The student is participating in a study of zinc fortification in young adolescents.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The Mobile Nutrition Research Laboratory, its formal name, brought testing facilities to seventh-graders who agreed to help scientists learn how zinc fortification affects their development.

    Academic text (2003)

  • For human consumption, legumes are processed in many ways, including roasting, cooking, fermentation, and fortification.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Many countries are implementing food fortification programs to combat nutritional deficiencies.

  • The fortification of flour with vitamins has helped reduce the incidence of certain diseases.

  • Studies show that dairy products with added fortification can improve health outcomes in children.

Synonyms

supplementation
vsfortification
  • Specialized
13 4.9

Adding vitamins or other nutrients to the diet to replace what is missing

integrates nutrients directly into food or drink rather than taken separately

Antonyms

dilution
  • Specialized
11 4.4

Making a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid

How Much

fortification
  • Specialized
1 5.8
supplementation
  • Specialized
13 4.9
addition
293 1.4

Surface Forms

fortification singular
fortifications plural

Morphology

fortification = fortify (transparent) = fort + ify + ation

The sense of strengthening (here, increasing nutritional strength) is a straightforward extension of 'fortify' nominalised by '-ation'.

Etymology

Fortification comes from the Latin fortis 'strong' and facere 'to make', and that idea of 'making strong' is why we use the word for food and drink too. So the fortification of cereal, milk, or wine means adding things to make them 'stronger' in vitamins or alcohol.