The requirement aims to increase folic acid consumption, particularly among pregnant women from certain demographic groups.

California now requires tortillas to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in the Latino community, where ...

Starting in 2026, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects — a change aimed at closing a ...

Mom-and-pop shops will be exempt from this change, but big manufacturers in California will need to start adding folic acid ...

The US Food and Drug Administration began mandating folic acid fortification in 1998 but only for enriched wheat flour, rice ...

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Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Kale is a good source of folate (vitamin B9), but other foods contain as much or ...

Tortillas sold in California are getting a new ingredient addition, in hopes that it will help raise healthier babies.

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"Well over half of neural tube defects can be prevented with sufficient folic acid consumption before conception and in early pregnancy," said senior author Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Division Head of ...