vitaminised

Enriched with nutrients

Vitaminised is the British spelling of vitaminized, meaning enriched or fortified with vitamins.

The term typically describes processed foods or beverages that have had vitamins added during manufacturing: vitaminised breakfast cereal, vitaminised milk.

The practice became common in the twentieth century as a public health measure against nutritional deficiencies.

fortification

enriched

Made more valuable

boosted · infused · iron-fortified · biofortified · nutrient-dense

foods

cereals

Edible cultivated grasses

  • flourMilled grain powder
  • breadLeavened flour product
  • milkMammalian nursing fluid

margarine · juice · spreads · rice · salt · cooking-oil · noodles · biscuits · dairy · porridge

publichealth

malnutrition

Disease from dietary inadequacy

Opposites
nutrient addition

vitaminisedunfortified

Lacking military defenses

unenriched · nutrient-poor · unenhanced · unsupplemented · stripped

processing state

vitaminisedunprocessed

Not yet treated

natural · whole · raw · unmodified · untreated

processing for nutritional value

vitaminisedrefined

Purified or cultured

stripped · processed · bleached · depleted · impoverished

Family

vitamin, multivitamin, vitaminized, vitaminize, vitaminizing, antivitamins

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G