Which foods are rich in folate?
• Green, leafy vegetables, such as spinach, and other vegetables, such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts. • Oranges, bananas, avocado and grapefruit. • Berries. • Eggs. • Yeast extract, for example, Vegemite or Marmite. • Fortified foods such as breads and cereals. Folic acid fortification of foods has been permitted in Australia since June 1995, and is undertaken by many Australian companies. Folic acid fortification of wheat flour used for bread making was introduced in Australia in 2007, and was made mandatory in September 2009. Mandatory folic acid fortification requires Australian millers to add folic acid to wheat flour for bread-making purposes, which means that most bread in Australia contains folic acid. (Organic bread and bread made from cereal grains other than wheat flour do not have to contain folic acid.) Many breakfast cereals have additional folic acid. Also, many other foods are either supplemented with folic acid or naturally contain high levels of folate. These foods
