vitaminize

Thân thiện

A mother vitaminizes her child's morning orange juice.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To add vitamins as a supplement: The act of enriching a substance, typically food or drink, by adding vitamins to it. This process is often done to increase the nutritional value of processed items.

Usage

• The verb "vitaminize" is used in the context of food science, nutrition, and manufacturing. It describes a deliberate process of fortification.
• It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., ).
• Common in passive constructions (e.g., ).

Examples

• Verb:
  • Many breakfast cereals are vitaminized to replace nutrients lost during processing.
  • The company decided to vitaminize its new line of fruit juices with vitamin C and D.
  • Governments sometimes mandate that staple foods like flour be vitaminized to address public health deficiencies.

Advanced Usage

• "Vitaminization" (noun): The process or result of adding vitamins.
  • The vitaminization of common foods has helped reduce certain deficiency diseases.
• "Vitaminized" (adjective): Describing a product that has had vitamins added.
  • Look for vitaminized rice in the supermarket.

Variants and Related Words

• Fortify (verb): A more general synonym meaning to add nutrients or strengthen. (e.g., ).
• Enrich (verb): To improve the quality by adding desirable elements, often nutrients. (e.g., ).
• Supplement (verb/noun): To add something extra to complete or enhance. As a noun, it is the thing added.

Synonyms

• Fortify (with vitamins)
• Enrich (with vitamins)
• Supplement

Antonyms

• Deplete (of vitamins)
• Strip (of nutrients)

Related Phrases/Context

• Food fortification: The broader public health practice of adding micronutrients to food.
• Nutritional enhancement: A general term for improving the nutritional content of food.

Học thuật

Verb

1. add vitamins as a supplement
   • vitaminized processed foods

Từ đồng nghĩa

• vitaminise