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BASF Podcast: Food Fortification - Using Vitamins to Counter Malnutrition

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In this podcast you will learn how food
fortification can help prevent children going blind.
According to UNICEF, 40 to 60 percent of children and young people
in developing nations are affected by a lack of vitamin A. This makes
it the most widespread form of malnutrition. Micro-encapsulated 
vitamin A that is added to staple foods such as oil, sugar or flour 
is a fundamental contribution to solving this problem.
BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast 
service in April 2007 to report on BASF's innovations and research 
and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and 
entertaining way.
Listen to the audio reportage with Dr. Andreas Blüthner (Global 
Coordinator BASF Micronutrient Initiatives) and Dr. Lutz End 
(Research "Formulation Technologies Nutrition" at BASF).
Podcast Chemistry of Innovations, English editions:
http://www.basf.com/podcast
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More information:
Newsletter "Nutrition News" (Issue 1/2008) on Vitamin A
http://www.nutrition.basf.com/pdf/news/Nutrition/BASF%20Nutrition%20N
ews%201_2008_Vitamin%20A_050908.pdf
Food Fortification
http://www.food-fortification.com
BASF Nutrition Ingredients
http://www.nutrition.basf.com
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Podcast - The Chemical Reporter: http://www.basf.com/podcast
In these entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers 
questions on Chemistry in our everyday life. This week's edition: 
What is cling film made of?
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plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine 
chemicals. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers in 
virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value 
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finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, 
energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF has more than 95,000 
employees and posted sales of almost EUR58 billion in 2007. BASF 
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Editorial contact:
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E-Mail:  podcast@basf.com

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