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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 584<br />

NAME: Riboflavin<br />

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

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Edible oils and fats/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery/ Dairy products/<br />

Beverages/ Cereals and cereal products/ Soft drinks<br />

SYNONYMS: Vitamin B2/ 7,8-Dimethyl-10-ribitylisoalloxazine/ Lactoflavine/ 7,8-Dimethyl-10-(D-ribo-2,3,4,5tetrahydroxypentyl)isoalloxazine/<br />

Vitamin G/ Flavaxin<br />

FORMULA: C17H20N4O6<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 376.37<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Riboflavin-5¢-phosphate sodium salt<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Yellow to orange-yellow powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 282<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C Slightly soluble in water<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 5% Slightly soluble in alcohol<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Coloration of ice-creams, desserts, instant beverages, sauces, soups, confectionery products, pasta.<br />

Fortification of flour, breakfast cereals, sugar and cocoa confectionery, soups, infant formulae,<br />

fruit drinks, oils and fats, desserts, milk drinks, meal replacements.<br />

Usage level: ADI 0–0.5 mg/kg (EEC)<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Riboflavin-5¢-phosphate is more water-soluble than pure riboflavin, and is particularly suitable for<br />

coloration or instant products.<br />

Protect solutions from light.<br />

Usage level: ADI 0–0.5 mg/kg (EEC)

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