The current levels of micronutrients added to maize meal and bread flour are unsatisfactory. This is likely to be because of insufficient addition of premix at the mills. This affects the availability and intake by consumers of fortified product and potentially prevents the desired reduction in vitamin and mineral deficiencies expected from the flour fortification program.
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