It started as an insignificant process in the early 1900’s in which vitamins A and D were added to certain food matrices (margarine & milk). But now it has exploded into a trend that is not only sweeping across the world, but is also being introduced into new food matrices. Yogurt and cheese fortified with vitamins A and D are gaining popularity in North America while developing nations are fortifying foods such as flour, biscuits and cooking oil http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/health/indonesia-mandates-vitamin-a-fortification-for-cooking-oil-in-bid-to-improve-health/361892 with these healthy vitamins.   It is no secret now as too how little most of us are getting of these essential nutrients in our diets, and we are seeing a reaction to this by recent mandatory fortification regulations being implemented for vitamins A and D in countries. Nations want to help alleviate the deficiencies that are plaguing their citizens, and they are observing this from other countries that have already put in place mandatory fortification. With this fortification though comes the importance of keeping these levels safe and accurate and complying with product nutrition label values.

SciMed Technologies Inc. has developed VitaKits® which are used by milk processors and food testing labs to measure vitamins A and D in liquid milk and infant formula. Accurate results are within 2 hours. SciMed has taken into account the growing needs of testing vitamins A and D in other food matrices outside of dairy, and has performed positive feasibility studies using the proprietary VitaKits® to analyze vitamins A and D in these food groups (ie. Soy bean oil). Just as it is important to fortify food with these nutrients, it is just as important to test them for the correct levels quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.