fortified milk

Vitamin-enhanced dairy beverage

Fortified milk is milk with added nutrients beyond what occurs naturally, typically vitamins A and D.

Most commercial milk in the United States is fortified, a practice that began in the 1930s to prevent rickets and other deficiency diseases.

The nutrition label showed it was fortified milk with added vitamin D.

Related

folic acid · rickets · daily dose · bone density · homogenization · zinc · prenatal nutrition · cognitive development · iodine · iron · nutrient deficiency · pasteurization · cereal bowl · muscle function · public health campaigns · growing · vitamin A · nutrients

Categories
Opposites
nutritional enhancement

fortified milkwhole milk

Unaltered dairy beverage

skim milk

processing level

fortified milkraw milk

Unheated, unhomogenized dairy liquid

unpasteurized milk · fresh milk

Family

milk, fortified

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G