Miller Magazine Issue 108 / December 2018

74 MILLER / DECEMBER 2018 In 2002 when FFI began, 46 countries had mandates to fortify wheat flour, and 18 percent of the world’s industrially milled wheat flour was fortified with at least iron and folic acid. By 2018, 86 countries had legislation to fortify industrially milled wheat flour, and 31 percent of the worlds’ industrially milled flour was fortified. While this is progress, more work needs to be done to fortify the global supply of industrially milled wheat flour. By the year 2030, the United Nations (UN) would like to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. To do this, in 2015 the UN adopted a set of 17 “Sustainable Deve- lopment Goals,” each with specific targets to be achieved over 15 years.The UN probably did not have bakers in mind when it created these am- bitious aims, even though fortified flour could contribute toward the nine of the goals. Whe- at flour has been fortified since 1942 in some Pasta, Poverty, Planet and Prosperity Sarah Zimmerman Communications Coordinator for the Food Fortification Initiative