Bread: Vitamin D
(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fortifying bread with Vitamin D in England.
This question was answered on 26th January 2021
Companies are free to fortify certain products with vitamin D and already do so for a number of foods, including many fats and spreads, breakfast cereals, and some powdered milk.
In the United Kingdom everyone is advised to take a daily vitamin D supplement in autumn and winter to protect their general health in particular bone and muscle health. This is because during the autumn and winter we cannot make vitamin D from sunlight.