Double Fortified Salt offers affordable population-level solution to anaemia

Double Fortified Salt (DFS), fortified with iron and iodine, offers an affordable population-level nutrition intervention to address iron-deficiency anaemia in India.

Priced at ₹14 to ₹20 per person annually, DFS has been shown by global and Indian studies to reduce anaemia by up to 21% while maintaining high consumer acceptability.

While mandated in central programmes like PM POSHAN and ICDS, broader integration into the Public Distribution System requires stronger policy commitment from states.