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==Sources== Thiamine is found in a wide variety of processed and whole foods, including [[lentil]]s, [[pea]]s, [[whole grains]], [[pork]], and [[nut (fruit)|nuts]].<ref name=ods/><ref name="usda">{{cite web|url=https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/nutrients/report/nutrientsfrm?max=25&offset=0&totCount=0&nutrient1=404&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=1&fg=13&fg=20&fg=1&fg=15&fg=9&fg=16&fg=12&fg=10&fg=5&sort=c&measureby=g|title=Thiamin content per 100 grams; select food subset, abridged list by food groups|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USDA Branded Food Products Database v.3.6.4.1|date=17 January 2017|access-date=27 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170202054051/https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/nutrients/report/nutrientsfrm?max=25&offset=0&totCount=0&nutrient1=404&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=1&fg=13&fg=20&fg=1&fg=15&fg=9&fg=16&fg=12&fg=10&fg=5&sort=c&measureby=g |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> A typical daily prenatal vitamin product contains around 1.5 mg of thiamine.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kominiarek MA, Rajan P | title = Nutrition Recommendations in Pregnancy and Lactation | journal = The Medical Clinics of North America | volume = 100 | issue = 6 | pages = 1199β215 | date = November 2016 | pmid = 27745590 | pmc = 5104202 | doi = 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.06.004 }}</ref> ===Food fortification=== {{main|Food fortification}} Some countries require or recommend fortification of grain foods such as [[wheat]], [[rice]] or [[maize]] (corn) because processing lowers vitamin content.<ref name=whitfield/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ffinetwork.org/from-nutritionists-faq?rq=riboflavin|publisher=Food Fortification Initiative|title=What nutrients are added to flour and rice in fortification?|date=2021|access-date=8 October 2021|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008135516/https://www.ffinetwork.org/from-nutritionists-faq?rq=riboflavin|url-status=live}}</ref> As of February 2022, 59 countries, mostly in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, require food fortification of wheat, rice or maize with thiamine or thiamine mononitrate. The amounts stipulated range from 2.0 to 10.0 mg/kg.<ref name=FortifMap>{{cite web|url=https://fortificationdata.org/map-number-of-nutrients/|title=Map: Count of Nutrients In Fortification Standards|website=Global Fortification Data Exchange|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411123853/https://fortificationdata.org/map-number-of-nutrients/|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional 18 countries have a voluntary fortification program. For example, the [[Government of India|Indian government]] recommends 3.5 mg/kg for [[Maida (flour)|"maida" (white)]] and [[Atta flour|"atta" (whole wheat)]] flour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fssai.gov.in/upload/advisories/2018/03/5a97968275a36206.pdf |title=Direction under Section 16(5) of Foods Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regarding Operationalisation of Food Safety & Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2017 relating to standards for fortification of food |date=19 May 2017 |website=Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=17 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217054313/https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/advisories/2018/03/5a97968275a36206.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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