This means that to meet regulation standards, kibble manufacturers have to
add those vitamins and minerals back in!
Not exact matches
Unlike some of the
vitamins and minerals that are reduced or totally lost during grain processing (at least 19 nutrients undergo processing loss), magnesium is not
added back into processed grain flours to «enrich» the final grain products.
5
vitamins and minerals (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, calcium
and folic acid) are
added back into the flour
and are thus, called «enriched».
Thanks April for your question... so just to
back up I do want to say that both flax
and chia are great superfoods so going with them is great as it
adds Omega 3s
and lots of other
vitamins and minerals.
Moreover, nut flours
and seed flours contain more naturally occurring
vitamins,
minerals and trace elements than refined wheat flour (which has to
add nutrients
back after processing).
White rice can be enriched with
minerals and vitamins, but the fiber can't be
added back.
In the same way that fortified cereals have
added vitamins and minerals, everything is stripped away
and then
vitamins, or in this case, fructose
and bacteria are
added back in to make the products seem healthy.
«Protein Oats» are something my uncle taught me in the
back woods of Canada, I
add a scoop of my favorite protein powder (which is a vegetarian protein powder packed with
vitamins,
minerals,
and omega - 3 fatty acids) to some steel - cut oats.
The result is that companies often
add vitamins and minerals into their food to put
back what might have been lost.