Vitamin Fortified????

So I was reading a health/fitness magazine about vitamins and soymilk. The magazine wrote about how consumers should always look for soymilks that are vitamin fortified. Now listen to me people, I always look on every single label of food that I buy to make sure that vitamins are in there. On top of that, I check the fat, sugar, & whether or not there is hydrogentated oils in the food. I have always made sure that our soymilk has as much, if not more, vitamin D and calcium as cows milk (MOOOOOOOO). However, I didn't understand anything about fortified or enriched or "blank". Now I think I get the idea. I looked some info up on the all knowing and all powerful internet. Here is what I have learned. Vitamin enriched foods are foods that have vitamins and minerals added to them because the vitamins and minerals were lost in the refining process. Vitamin fortified foods are foods that have vitamins and minerals added to the food. So the vitamin fortified foods will have more vitamins in them after refining than they had them in before the food was refined. Also, since vitamins have been added, the cartons of milk say to "shake well". Consumers should shake the milk to get equal amount of vitamins every time you get a glass. All of the vitamins settle at the bottom.
There is one thing that we should all be aware of as parents and as health conscious people. When companies label their products as "vitamin fortified" or "addedd vitamins &/or minerals", we should still check the nutrtion label. The companies are trying to get consumers to buy their high in fat and sugary foods, so they add these vitamins to their products.
I hope that this bit of nutritional information will help you on your next trip to the grocery store.