Clinical trials: Vitamin D Biofortification
Vitamin D Biofortification, Vitamin D Fortification
Vitamin D (Bio)Fortified Shopping Baskets to Improve Vitamin D Status
Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, muscles, and immune function. It comes from food, supplements, and sunlight. There are two main forms; vitamin D2, found mainly in plant foods, and vitamin D3, which comes from animal…
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Biofortification, Vitamin D Fortification, Vitamin D Status
- Trial name
- NCT07349290
- Testing
- Vitamin D (bio)fortified food basket, Control food basket
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Vitamin D Insufficiency
Investigating the Impact of Vitamin D Biofortified Tomatoes on Serum Levels of 25(OH)D
In the UK, vitamin D deficiency occurs frequently especially during the winter months. Vitamin D biofortified tomatoes have been developed using precision breeding technique by researchers at John Innes Centre.
- Trial name
- ViTaL-D (NCT07142759)
- Testing
- Precision Bred Provitamin D-rich Tomato Soup, Precision Bred Vitamin D-rich Tomato Soup, Wild-type (store-bought) Tomato Soup
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Quadram Institute Bioscience