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FFI’s 2024 Annual Report is hot off the presses! 🍞 In 2024, we supported 27 countries across 5 regions, reducing the risk of micronutrient deficiencies for approximately 1.3 billion people. Read about our work to strengthen nutrition worldwide → ffinetwork.org/annual-reports

#NowReading: buff.ly/9VfQ2P3 Mandatory vitamin B9 fortification works. Countries with mandatory policies have: ✔️Higher folate levels ✔️~50% lower neural tube defects Voluntary fortification leaves many at risk. We support fortification globally. #FoodFortification

Are you a delegate at #WHA79? Interested in scaling large-scale food fortification in your country? Join our official WHA side event in Geneva, supplemented by practical insights and opportunities to accelerate impact. 🌍 #FoodFortification #NutritionForAll

As leaders prepare for #WHA79, malnutrition remains urgent. Large-scale food fortification and multiple micronutrient programs are proven, cost-effective solutions ready to scale. FFI is proud to support partners advancing these efforts. #GlobalHealth #FoodFortification

Why does vitamin B9 fortification matter? Since 1998, neural tube defects in the U.S. have declined significantly—but corn masa products were left out. California’s new law is helping change that. 🎧 buff.ly/MfDBPEF #FoodFortification #FolicAcid #PublicHealth

California is the first U.S. state to require vitamin B9 in corn masa flour—a major step to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida. Proud to have helped shape this legislation to support public health. 🎧 NPR: buff.ly/1ENMDZY KQED: buff.ly/9Hpy8lc

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Earth Day reminds us everything starts with the earth—including the foods we rely on daily. 🌍 Staples like wheat, rice, and maize feed billions, but fortification helps make them more nutritious, especially as challenges like soil degradation mean fewer nutrients in crops.

"It's such a small effort for such a tremendous impact," says Andrea Lopez of fortification with folic acid. "There is very little that I wouldn’t do to spare anybody this heartache." Read the article: buff.ly/AJpO5u6

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📘New global systematic review and meta-analysis reaffirms mandatory fortification of wheat flour, maize flour, and rice w/ folate gives us the vitamin B9 that our bodies need to be healthy. @FFInetwork @EmoryRollins @GSUArtSci

Make your gift before the day ends: 🔗 Donate directly: buff.ly/hulTWP9 🔗 Learn more about what we hope to do with your support: buff.ly/33spHYU #EmoryDayofGiving #GlobalHealth #FoodFortification

🚨 Today is the final day of #EmoryDayofGiving! There’s still time to make your gift count double. Every contribution supports strong food fortification programs, a sustainable nutrition strategy that prevents micronutrient deficiencies and improves health worldwide!

12,000 years ago, someone ground grain between two stones and changed human history. Today, fortifying flour is preventing birth defects in 90+ countries. 🌾 Happy #WorldFlourDay! Here’s to the millers making fortification happen. 🔗 buff.ly/7J88DXN #FoodFortification

Your daily bread looks different in every country, but in 90+ nations, it’s fortified 🌾 Swipe to see how fortified flour is nourishing families from Lagos to Mumbai, Mexico City to Johannesburg. #FlourAroundTheWorld #WorldFlourDay #FoodFortification #NutritionForAll

In Cameroon, 1 year after wheat flour fortification, maternal anemia fell from 46.7% to 39.1%, while folate levels in women increased by ~250%. A daily staple delivering measurable nutrition impact. Learn More: buff.ly/Nmm4AIu #WorldFlourDay #FoodFortification

Fortified flour has protected communities for 80+ years, yet some misunderstandings persist. 🍞 Here is what evidence from 90+ countries actually says. #WorldFlourDay #FolicAcidFacts #FlourFortification

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📚 New systematic review confirms #FoodFortification is highly cost-effective. Researchers looked at 200+ analyses across 63 countries + found: ✨Most programs have an incremental cost less than $150 per DALY saved ✨87% were below 50% of a country's GDP per capita

Learn how fortification saves lives: 🔗 buff.ly/62uTIzm #NationalNutritionMonth #PowerOfNutrition #FoodFortification

Fortification helps save lives by reducing preventable conditions caused by micronutrient deficiencies — before they begin. ❤️ When the system is stronger, communities are better nourished 🌍

The power of nutrition begins with access. 💪🌾 Even balanced diets can leave nutrient gaps at a population level. By adding essential vitamins and minerals to widely consumed staple foods, large-scale #FoodFortification strengthens the food supply itself.