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Ministry of Health launched a pilot program in the vitamin A fortification of cooking oil to coincide with the commemoration of the National Nutrition Day, Tuesday (25 / 1). Fortification is one of preventive measures dealing with malnutrition, in this case vitamin A.
Fortification is an effort to improve the nutritional quality of food by adding one or more micronutrients in food. Vitamin A fortification of cooking oil is still a voluntary activity and will soon become mandatory fortification after the Indonesian National Standard was published.
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih Health Minister said, fortification of vitamin A in cooking oil is still a stub that was started by two manufacturers of cooking oil. Cooking oil is selected as the carrier because of numerous and widely used by Indonesian society.
Fortification is one of prevention efforts.
Director of Community Nutrition Ministry of Health Minarto say, cooking oil is considered as a “vehicle” appropriate given the vitamin A in the new fortification of cooking oil used to fry out after 12 times. trade interests
“Indonesia will use a cooking oil that is produced from the CPO (crude palm oil) as a vehicle for fortification because it is the dominant cooking oil used by the people,” he said.
According Mangku, fortification is not necessary, just use cooking oil from CPO process rafinasinya minimized. , Right, ironic, especially for vitamin A fortification was imported and the cost charged to the consumer, “he explained.
In addition, more cooking oil as cooking medium, so there is always cooking that is not eaten.
Results Health Research Association in 2010 showed the prevalence of malnutrition among children under five is 17.9 percent. Another problem is that 35.7 percent of Indonesian children classified as short. Nutrition problems in Indonesia is still a public health problem.