About Food Fortification Food fortification is the action of adding nutriments, like vitamins and minerals to food and beverages. Why is it important? Bad habits, unsupervised diets, lack of time, bad information and low income, are some of the reasons to unbalanced diets, causing the present malnutrition statistics. Food fortification is a way to increase the nutritional value of food or beverages, helping overcome undernourishment because people can find what they need while enjoying their favorite meal.