Starting this month, consumers will enjoy better quality subsidised wheat flour, following the implementation of fortification (addition of nutrients in food) of folic acid and iron in the supply of the material.

Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Rosol Wahid said the government had allocated RM5 million a year to ensure that the people get benefits and quality equivalent to various non-subsidised wheat flour brands sold in the market.

He said despite the improvement, the selling price of subsidised...