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biofortification

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000741

An increase in the nutritional value of plant foods obtained through convential crop breeding methods or through crop genetic engineering techniques. This contrasts with postharvest fortification in which nutrients are added during processing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000741
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsonutritive value; fortified feed; biofortified crops; food fortification; fortified foods
TranslationsSpanish: biofortificación
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000741",
  "term": "biofortification",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An increase in the nutritional value of plant foods obtained through convential crop breeding methods or through crop genetic engineering techniques. This contrasts with postharvest fortification in which nutrients are added during processing.",
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "nutritive value",
    "fortified feed",
    "biofortified crops",
    "food fortification",
    "fortified foods"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "biofortificación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biofortification/"
}

Record 741 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.