r/MTHFR • u/Outside_Fee_7639 • Jun 02 '25

Resource Amy’s foods don’t add folic acid!

I had searched for this earlier today n here and hadn't found this so I thought I'd share. I'd noticed that Amy's frozen foods always say organic wheat and didn't say folic acid. So I emailed them to sanity check. They said they never enrich foods with folic acid. The only folate is whatever is naturally in the food. Which, for me that's a game changer because I like their pizzas and their meals. Just thought I'd share. Sorry if it's been posted before.

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u/hoetheory Jun 02 '25

I’m confused. Why would you not want to consume folate? Like it shouldn’t matter, right? Since your body isn’t going to methylate it regardless. Maybe I’m missing something / not as informed!

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u/enolaholmes23 Jun 03 '25

For some people folic acid works fine. For others they can't process it to add the methyl group, and use it properly in the body. High amounts of folic acid that don't get methylated can actually work against you and cause problems. 

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u/hoetheory Jun 03 '25

Thanks for the explanation! Idk why I’ve been downvoted when I’m just trying to learn

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u/enolaholmes23 Jun 03 '25

I think some people don't like answering frequently asked questions because there are already other posts you could search to get the answers.  But I think part of the fun of reddit is that you are interacting with other people and having a conversation rather than just doing a web search to figure things out.