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Crown Flour Mill Limited, a subsidiary of Olam Group, says it is committed to food fortification and will deliver Nigeria’s first vitamin premix facility.
The company said the delivery was in line with the 90 per cent food fortification compliance target set at the penultimate edition of the Nigerian Food Processing and Nutrition Leadership Forum.
The food manufacturer made this known at third annual gathering of the top players in the food industry in the country, held virtually on Thursday.
Speaking at the forum on the firm’s commitment to participate in the Micronutrient Fortification Index, Managing Director, Crown Flour Mill Limited, Mr Ashish Pande, said improving the food fortification levels of staple foods was one agenda that Olam Grains was committed to, adding that sustainability was one of the key enablers of the company.
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Significant progress made fortifying Nigerian staple food with micronutrients that are essential to achieve better health would have been greater if the edible oil sector is centralized.
This was revealed, recently , when Nigerian Food Processing Companies announced progress on fortifying staple food in the last three years.
Following three years of leadership engagement by the federal government and CEOs of the nation’s largest food processing companies, significant progress has been made fortifying Nigerian staple foods with micronutrients that are essential to achieving better health and nutrition for all.