Food fortification

Food fortification is like adding extra stuff to your food to make it stronger and healthier. Just like when you take medicine when you feel sick, adding specific vitamins and minerals to your food can keep your body strong and help you grow big and tall. This is done by adding tiny amounts of vitamins and minerals to your food so you can't see them or taste them.

Let's say you are eating bread. The people who make the bread can add some vitamins and minerals to make it extra healthy for you to eat. For example, they can add iron so that your blood cells can carry more oxygen around your body, and they can add vitamin D so that your bones stay strong. They do this because sometimes it's hard for people to get all the vitamins and minerals they need just from the food they eat, so putting them in food makes it easier for us to get them.

It's like a secret recipe to make your body feel better and help you be the superhero you were meant to be. And because you can't taste or see these added vitamins and minerals, you can still enjoy your yummy food without even knowing it's extra good for you!