Maize Flour
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Implementing maize flour fortification
Implementing maize flour fortification is crucial to combating micronutrient deficiencies. Wheat flour and maize flour are milled with similar processes. See the Flour Millers Toolkit for information on implementing and monitoring fortification at mills.
Maize is the third most commonly consumed cereal grain in the world, after wheat and rice. In Africa, less than 30% of the industrially milled maize is fortified. See this strategy document for scaling up maize flour fortification in Africa from 2017 to 2026.
The World Health Organization offers guidelines for fortifying maize flour "as part of a comprehensive food-based strategy for combating micronutrient deficiencies." Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that people need in small amounts. These nutrients can easily be provided through fortified foods.
