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breakfast cereals

In cereal processing: Enrichment
Enrichment of breakfast cereals with minerals, and especially with vitamins, is now common practice. In many of the manufacturing processes employed in breakfast-food production, considerable vitamin destruction occurs. The various heat treatments involved may destroy 90 percent of the original B₁ content of the…
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flour

In flour
…added leavening and salt; and enriched flour, refined and bleached, with added nutrients.
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rice

In cereal processing: Nutritive value
In some countries rice is enriched by addition of synthetic vitamins. According to U.S. standards for enriched rice, each pound must contain 2–4 milligrams of thiamine, 1.2–2.4 milligrams of riboflavin, 16–32 milligrams of niacin, and 13–26 milligrams of iron. In enriched rice the loss of water-soluble vitamins in cooking is…
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