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  • Nutritional Science
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Food Science

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  • Low vitamin D intake is a public health concern.
  • Effective food fortification requires careful selection of food groups to avoid exceeding upper intake levels.
  • Existing fortification strategies may lack optimization for population-wide vitamin D intake.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an automated tool for optimizing vitamin D food fortification strategies.
  • To determine optimal fortification levels and food groups to safely increase vitamin D intake in a population.
  • To assess the impact of varying upper fortification limits on fortification strategy selection.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an automated fortification tool utilizing linear modeling and optimization algorithms.
  • Inclusion of dietary intake data from the Danish National Survey of Dietary Habits and Physical Activity (DANSDA) 2011-2013.
  • Testing of optimized fortification scenarios across selected food groups (milk, cheese, cereals, fats, juice) against survey data.

Main Results:

  • The automated tool identified a minimum fortification limit of 12 µg/10 MJ for effective vitamin D increase.
  • Increasing the upper fortification limit (12-30 µg/10 MJ) altered selected food groups and fortification levels, often requiring fewer groups.
  • All tested scenarios successfully elevated median vitamin D intake to target levels without exceeding safe limits.

Conclusions:

  • An automated, data-driven tool can effectively model and test vitamin D food fortification strategies.
  • Optimized fortification, considering energy contribution and upper limits, is crucial for safe and effective vitamin D intake enhancement.
  • The developed tool offers a practical approach for public health initiatives aiming to improve population vitamin D status through food fortification.