Fortified rice, also known as nutrient-fortified rice, refers to the finished rice made by adding some nutrient-fortified rice to ordinary rice. At present, the main nutrients used for rice nutrition fortification are vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Eating fortified rice can improve people’s dietary nutrition, supplement the missing micronutrients, meet the normal needs of human physiology, reduce the occurrence of various nutritional deficiencies, so as to improve people’s health level.

This fortified rice is very popular among consumers in developed countries such as the United States and Japan.

The skin and germ of rice are rich in protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. In the process of rice milling, the nutrients contained in the rice are lost along with the peeling of the cortex and germ. The higher the precision of rice processing, the more nutrients are lost. In addition, rice in the process of panning, will also lose a lot of nutrients. The nutritional fortification of ordinary rice can not only supplement the lost nutrients, but also increase some nutrients that the rice itself lacks, including vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, lysine, iron and calcium.