Added Vitamins & Minerals in Food
Vitamins and minerals are added to foods to enrich or fortify them, such as the B vitamins and iron added to enriched flour.
Riboflavin
Riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, is a water-soluble vitamin essential for human health. It is found naturally in foods …
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Folic Acid
Folic acid is the synthetic (man-made) form of folate, which is a B vitamin also known as vitamin B9. It …
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Thiamine Mononitrate
Thiamine mononitrate is a synthetic form of thiamine, also known as vitamin B1. It is typically produced by reacting thiamine …
What is Thiamine Mononitrate? →
Niacin
Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, is an essential nutrient that plays a key role in energy metabolism and cell …
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Reduced Iron
Reduced iron is a form of elemental iron, meaning it is pure iron metal. It is produced by chemically reducing …
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Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties, commonly known as Vitamin C. It is found in …
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Iron
Iron is a mineral that is essential for human health. In food, it can be naturally present or added as …
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Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitamin A palmitate is a form of Vitamin A, an essential nutrient. It is an ester of retinol (Vitamin A) …
What is Vitamin A Palmitate? →
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6, an essential nutrient. It is typically produced through chemical synthesis in …
What is Pyridoxine Hydrochloride? →
Niacinamide
Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B3, also known as nicotinamide. It is a water-soluble vitamin essential for various bodily …
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Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol, is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for human health. It is naturally produced in the …
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Ferrous Sulfate
Ferrous sulfate is a form of the mineral iron. It is an inorganic salt that can be produced synthetically by …
What is Ferrous Sulfate? →
Cyanocobalamin
Cyanocobalamin is a synthetic form of vitamin B12, an essential nutrient. It is typically produced through bacterial fermentation in a …
What is Cyanocobalamin? →
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium carbonate is a common chemical compound found naturally in rocks like limestone and marble, as well as in shells …
What is Calcium Carbonate? →
Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride is a naturally occurring mineral salt made of potassium and chlorine. It is found in nature and can …
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Sodium Ascorbate
Sodium ascorbate is the sodium salt of ascorbic acid, commonly known as Vitamin C. It is a mineral ascorbate, meaning …
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Zinc Oxide
Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound that is a white, powdery substance. While it can be found naturally as a …
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Tricalcium Phosphate
Tricalcium phosphate is a mineral compound made from calcium and phosphoric acid. It is a salt of calcium and phosphate, …
What is Tricalcium Phosphate? →
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a group of fat-soluble compounds, including tocopherols and tocotrienols, that are important nutrients. It is found naturally …
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Oat Fiber
Oat fiber is a type of dietary fiber made from the outer hull of the oat grain. It is primarily …
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Calcium Pantothenate
Calcium pantothenate is a calcium salt of pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5. It is a synthetic form of …
What is Calcium Pantothenate? →
Calcium Lactate
Calcium lactate is a white crystalline salt made from calcium and lactic acid. Lactic acid is naturally produced by fermentation, …
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Inulin
Inulin is a type of dietary fiber, specifically a fructan, which is a carbohydrate made of chains of fructose molecules. …
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for human health. It is naturally produced in the skin upon exposure to …
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Biotin
Biotin is a water-soluble B vitamin, also known as vitamin B7. It is naturally present in some foods and can …
What is Biotin? →
Ferric Orthophosphate
Ferric orthophosphate is an iron salt, a chemical compound containing iron and phosphate. It is typically produced synthetically for use …
What is Ferric Orthophosphate? →
Soluble Corn Fiber
Soluble corn fiber is a type of dietary fiber made from corn. It is produced by breaking down corn starch …
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Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for human health. It exists in different forms, including retinoids found in animal …
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Acidophilus
Acidophilus refers to *Lactobacillus acidophilus*, a type of beneficial bacteria. It is naturally present in the human gut and in …
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Ammonium Sulfate
Ammonium sulfate is an inorganic salt. It is produced by reacting ammonia with sulfuric acid. It typically appears as a …
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Thiamin Hydrochloride
Thiamin hydrochloride is a synthetic form of thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. It is a water-soluble vitamin that plays …
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Magnesium Oxide
Magnesium oxide is a mineral compound made from magnesium and oxygen. It is a white, odorless powder that occurs naturally …
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Thiamine
Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is a water-soluble vitamin essential for carbohydrate metabolism and nerve function. It is found …
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Cholecalciferol
Cholecalciferol is a form of vitamin D, also known as vitamin D3. It is naturally produced in the skin of …
What is Cholecalciferol? →
Dicalcium Phosphate
Dicalcium phosphate is a mineral compound made from calcium and phosphorus. It is typically produced by reacting calcium carbonate (like …
What is Dicalcium Phosphate? →
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B5, also known as pantothenic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally found in many foods. It is …
What is Vitamin B5? →
Potassium Iodide
Potassium iodide is a chemical compound that combines potassium and iodine. It is a white crystalline solid that is soluble …
What is Potassium Iodide? →
Thiamine Hydrochloride
Thiamine hydrochloride is the salt form of thiamine, also known as vitamin B1. It is a water-soluble vitamin that plays …
What is Thiamine Hydrochloride? →
Thiamin
Thiamin, also known as vitamin B1, is a water-soluble vitamin essential for carbohydrate metabolism. It is found naturally in whole …
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Enriched With Niacin
Niacin, also known as Vitamin B3, is an essential nutrient vital for converting food into energy. It occurs naturally in …
What is Enriched With Niacin? →
Vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate
Calcium carbonate is a common mineral found naturally in rocks, shells, and pearls. For use in food, it is often …
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Iodized Salt
Iodized salt is common table salt (sodium chloride) that has a small amount of iodine added to it. This iodine …
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Vitamin D2
Vitamin D2, also known as ergocalciferol, is a form of vitamin D that is not naturally produced by the human …
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Vitamin A Palmitate Added
Vitamin A palmitate is a form of vitamin A, an essential nutrient for vision, immune function, and cell growth. It …
What is Vitamin A Palmitate Added? →
A B Vitamin
Thiamin, also known as Vitamin B1, is a water-soluble vitamin essential for carbohydrate metabolism and nerve function. It is found …
What is A B Vitamin? →
D-calcium Pantothenate
D-calcium pantothenate is the calcium salt of pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5. It is a water-soluble vitamin that …
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Potassium Iodate
Potassium iodate is a white crystalline powder. It is a salt of potassium and iodic acid. It is typically produced …
What is Potassium Iodate? →
Chromium Chloride
Chromium chloride is a chemical compound containing chromium, a trace mineral. It is typically produced by reacting hydrochloric acid with …
What is Chromium Chloride? →
Sodium Molybdate
Sodium molybdate is a salt form of the mineral molybdenum. It is typically produced by reacting molybdenum trioxide with sodium …
What is Sodium Molybdate? →
B2
Riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a key role in energy production, cell function, …
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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.