Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal flour in the north in a bid to boost the health of newborn babies. The move, which ...

The Department of Health has introduced legislation that will see folic acid added to non-wholemeal flour in Northern Ireland ...

It helps the body produce healthy red blood cells and new cells. A deficiency of the vitamin during pregnancy can increase ...

A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious problems for babies, known as neural tube ...

A new law will see flour boosted with folic acid to protect hundreds of babies against serious disabilities every year in ...

Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and ...

The recipes in your local supermarket’s flour and all of its by-products could be changing in hopes of saving the unborn ...

The government announced new measures this week, to help prevent conditions including spina bifida by adding folic acid to ...

First announced in 2021, bakery manufacturers widely welcomed the government’s decision to make the addition of folic acid ...