Bakers Delight Adds Folate

Bakers Delight leads the industry in its voluntary addition of folic acid to its loaves, contributing to the reduction of Neural Tube Defects in Australia each year.

The Bakers Delight White, Wholemeal, Country Grain and Cape Seed loaves and rolls, are 'Good Sources of Folate', with over 25% of the Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) of folate. In fact, two slices of their highest selling White Block Loaf, contains 72% of the RDI for folate.

Bakers Delight White bread is also made from unbleached flour, is preservative free, and is a good source of energy.

It is estimated that over 30% of Australian women of child bearing age, do not meet the RDI for folate, and up to 500 pregnancies in Australia are affected by Neural Tube Defects each year, including such defects as spina bifida.

Australia is yet to join the US, Canada, and more than 40 other countries in the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.

Bakers Delight has taken an active stance to ensure flour used in its loaves is fortified with folate in an effort to reduce the number of Neural Tube Defects in Australia.

About Bakers Delight
Bakers Delight, Australasia's largest bakery franchise, was established in 1980 as a single bakery on Glenferrie Road in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Bakers Delight celebrated its 25th birthday in 2005 and boasts almost 700 bakeries employing more than 15,000 people, serving 2.5 million regular customers per week throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

Bakers Delight has been a major corporate partner of the Breast Cancer Network Australia since 2000, raising more than $1 million over the past five years. Bakers Delight also donates over $25 million in bread to charities each year. A recent independent Corporate Citizenship Study recognised Bakers Delight as the leading corporate citizen in the country amongst a large number of reputable organisations.