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Provitamin A carotenoids (PVAC) enriched maize grain, cassava and sweet potato roots: Specification

HarvestPlus, a division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, has developed a conventional plant breeding process that results in increased levels of minerals and vitamins in seeds and grain. Since this increases the nutritional value of staple foodstuffs, PAS 235:2022 has been produc...

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Main Authors: Ganguli, Tora, Walton, Jenny, Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Boy, Erick, Taleon, Victor, Virk, Parminder, Govindaraj, Mahalingam
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: BSI Standards Limited 2022
Subjects:
sweet potatoes
carotenoids
provitamins
maize
retinol
cassava
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141028
Summary:HarvestPlus, a division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, has developed a conventional plant breeding process that results in increased levels of minerals and vitamins in seeds and grain. Since this increases the nutritional value of staple foodstuffs, PAS 235:2022 has been produced to help accelerate the adoption of this methodology by setting targets for the levels of vitamin A required for maize, cassava and sweet potato to be designated as “nutrient enriched”.

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