IDRC Monthly and Weekly Reports 1993 - 1997 (IDRC, 1993-1997, 760 p.): Fortified Rice is the Most Natural Way to Ensure that Children Receive Enough Vitamin A: Taste tests

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IDRC Monthly and Weekly Reports 1993 - 1997 (IDRC, 1993-1997, 760 p.)

Fortified Rice is the Most Natural Way to Ensure that Children Receive Enough Vitamin A

		Preventing blindness: Vitamin-A fortified “Ultra Rice”
		Staple food
		Leading cause of blindness
		Taste tests
		Pricing Ultra Rice
		Not a new idea
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Taste tests

In informal taste tests conducted in 1994, some Indonesians were able to identify the Ultra Rice, particularly when it was present at higher proportions in the final blend. However, they were more likely to spot differences between varieties of local rice. The idea of using a concrete mixer to produce fortified rice blends flowed out of extensive research and field testing by PATH.