Biofortified Orange Maize Is As Efficacious As a Vitamin A Supplement in Zambian Children Even In The Presence of High Liver Reserves of Vitamin A: A Community-Based, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

This randomized placebo-controlled biofortified maize efficacy trial in Zambia demonstrated that ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin A storage in the body. This maize has been conventionally bred (non-GMO) to have higher levels of beta-carotene, a naturally occurring plant pigment that the body then converts into vitamin A.