How I Built a Machine That Feeds Millions | Felix Brooks-church | TED (Level 1)

Many people around the world eat staple foods like salt, oil, and flour every day. But these foods often lack important vitamins and minerals. This is called hidden hunger, and it affects 3 billion people, especially children. Food fortification adds nutrients to the foods people already eat. For example, many countries add iodine to salt or vitamins to flour. A company called Sanku has made a small machine that attaches to grain mills. It automatically adds nutrients to flour while the grain is being ground. Using this technology, Sanku now helps provide fortified flour to 75 million people every day in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia. The speaker shared a personal story about his son, Leo, who has autism and only ate pancakes. Adding vitamins to the pancake mix helped Leo become healthier and start speaking. This simple idea—adding nutrients to food—can change lives.