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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 582<br />

NAME: Pyridoxine hydrochloride<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive <strong>additives</strong><br />

FOOD USE: Cereals and cereal products/ Soft drinks/ Dairy products/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery/<br />

Edible oils and fats<br />

SYNONYMS: Vitamin B6 hydrochloride/ Pyridoxol hydrochloride/ 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-pyridinedimethanol<br />

hydrochloride/ Pyridoxinium chloride/ Adermine hydrochloride/ 3-Hydroxy-4,5-dihydroxymethyl-<br />

2-methylpyridine HCl<br />

FORMULA: C8 H12 Cl NO3<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 205.64<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Pyridoxine<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White or almost white crystalline powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 204–206<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C Soluble<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 100% Soluble<br />

in propylene glycol: @ 100°C Soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Fortification of breakfast cereals, sugar and cocoa confectionery, infant formulae, fruit drinks,<br />

flour, cereal products, oils and fats, milk drinks, meal replacements<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: One gram dissolves in about 4.5 ml water, or 90 ml alcohol. Also soluble in propylene glycol

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