Miller: ATNi calls for alignment in food fortification
9 October 2025ATNi’s first-ever VitaMin Premix Suplier Assessment reveals both progress and major gaps in the global fortification value chain. While leading producers show commitment, most lack transparency and structured support for millers. In an exclusive interview with Miller Magazine, ATNi experts underline the urgent need for accountability, stronger policies, and collaboration to ensure fortified flour reaches those who need it most.
Fortification plays a key role in improving nutrition outcomes for billions of individuals around the world, every day. While 143 countries have fortification standards for at least one staple food, compliance remains low due to limited access to quality fortifcants (micronutrients and premixes) and insufficient technical capacity to adequately fortify. Fortificant producers have a key opportunity to strengthen the fortification value chain—not only through their products, but by supporting effective fortification practices across the entire ecosystem.
ATNi’s (Access to Nutrition Initiative) first-ever VitaMin Premix Supplier Assessment, a comprehensive evaluation of 11 of the world’s largest fortificant producers, sheds light on how these critical business-to-business actors influence the effectiveness of large-scale food fortification (LSFF) and calls for greater alignment, transparency, and accountability across the value chain.
The findings and their implications were discussed in an exclusive online interview with ATNi’s Katherine Pittore (Head of Policy & Communications,), Nadine Nasser (Research Lead, VitaMin) and Marina Plyta (Partnerships Manager & VitaMin Assessment Lead).
For years, nutrition assessments have focused on food manufacturers that use premix to fortify staples. ATNi’s new study instead looked upstream, at the suppliers themselves. “We realized that challenges often start with the quality of the premix delivered,” explained Nadine Nasser. “That’s why we wanted to examine not just whether suppliers produce quality products, but also how they support proper storage, handling, and use — particularly by small-scale millers who often lack technical capacity.”