Is organic food fortified with vitamins and minerals?
Fortification refers to the policy of adding essential trace elements and vitamins to foodstuffs. Under Soil Association standards, organic foods must not be fortified with added artificial nutrients, unless required by law. Why do you take this stance on fortification? The Soil Association believes good health is founded on having a diet predominantly composed of minimally processed wholefoods. We cannot support food policies that accept the routine removal and degradation of nutrients by refining and other processing as normal, and then encourage the replacement of a few of the missing elements by fortification with synthetic versions. We support greater consumption of wholefoods, and less consumption of refined, processed foods. This would address the many serious public health problems that are partially caused by unsuitable diets: obesity, cancer, constipation, behavioural problems, heart disease and infertility. What is your position on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) proposal to
