DETECTION OF IRON AVAILABITITY OF WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCED IN BAGHDAD CITY MILLS | ||
| iraq journal of market research and consumer protection | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 83-86 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khaleel M. Mahdi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the present study, a total of 245 flour samples were collected from 49 mills on both sides of Baghdad city (Al- Karkh and Al- Resafa), during the period from 1/6 - 1/12/ 2015 to detect the prolportion of iron added to the flour samples. It is found that only 45% of mills produced flour contain the prescribed percentage of iron (30-60 ppm) while 51.9% of the mills produced flour at rate is less or much more than the prescribed percentage, while only 4.1% of the mills were not added iron to the flour. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| flour; iron; Fortification | ||
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