Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour ...

The recipes in your local supermarket’s flour and all of its by-products could be changing in hopes of saving the unborn ...

The government announced new measures this week, to help prevent conditions including spina bifida by adding folic acid to ...

URGENT: Go to your medicine cabinet and find your multivitamin or other supplements that you are currently taking,” begins a ...

A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious problems for babies, known as neural tube ...

Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate that is commonly found in supplements and fortified foods. Folate, on the other hand, is the natural form of the vitamin that is found in foods like leafy ...

The new legislation will require millers to add folic acid to non-wholemeal wheat flour from the end of 2026. Folic acid is a ...

UK mandates folic acid fortification in non-wholemeal flour by 2026, aiming to prevent 200 birth defects annually such as ...

Fortification comes as part of update to the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, with small-scale mills and wholemeal flour ...

The corresponding study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Folic acid is a synthetic version of folate often found in fortified food. Both folic acid and folate have been ...