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Food additives data book - wordpres

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less than 2 years old, Recommended Daily Intake is 400 RE<br />

UK and EUROPE: Vitamin A<br />

Recommended Daily Allowance<br />

is 800 mg Vitamin A<br />

REFERENCES: Ash, M., and Ash, I. (1995) <strong>Food</strong> Additives: Electronic Hand<strong>book</strong>. Gower Publishing Company,<br />

Brookfield, VT, 05036, USA.<br />

Augustin, J., and Scarbrough, F. E. (1990) Nutritional Additives. In: Branen, A. L., Davidson, P. M.,<br />

and S. Salminen (Eds.), <strong>Food</strong> Additives, pp. 33–81.<br />

Budavari, S. (1996) The Merck Index, 12th edition.<br />

Health and Welfare Canada (1996) Part D: Vitamins, Minerals and Amino Acids. In: <strong>Food</strong> and Drug<br />

Regulations. Department of Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada.<br />

ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Oily blends are stabilised with tocopherol or BHA/BHT. Dry blends are stabilised with tocopherol,<br />

ascorbic acid, ascorbyl palmitate or BHA/BHT. Nutritive activity is measured in retinol equivalents<br />

(RE): 1 RE = 1mg retinol = 1.147mg retinyl acetate = 3.33 IU; Oily blends are 2–4 times more potent<br />

than dry blends. Biopotency 2.904 ¥ 106 IU/g<br />

Retinyl acetate 651

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