Are whole grains more nutritious than enriched grain products?
Whole grains tend to provide more healthful components such as phytonutrients and fibre, which are lacking in enriched products. However, enriched grain products are nutritious as they have some of the essential nutrients lost during processing added back to them. For example, enriched pasta, bread, cereal and rice have iron and B vitamins added as well as folic acid. Whole wheat and whole grain flour are not enriched with folic acid in Canada.
