Which statement about enriched foods is true?

• A. Enriched foods replace nutrients with artificially added fats.
• B. Enriched foods only increase sugar content.
• C. Enriched foods must be eaten with vitamins.
• D. Nutrients lost during processing are added back into the product.

Answer: (D)

Enrichment involves restoring nutrients that were lost when a food is processed. When grains are refined, some vitamins and minerals fade away, and enrichment adds back specific nutrients to the product so people can still get those nutrients in their diet. For example, white flour and many cereals are enriched with iron and B vitamins like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid. This isn’t about adding fats or increasing sugar, nor about needing to eat the product with vitamins; enrichment is about recovering nutrients that were removed during processing. So the true statement is that nutrients lost during processing are added back into the product.