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.
Lodised Salt
Iodised salt is common salt (sodium chloride) that has had iodine added to it. Iodine is a trace element naturally …
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Reduced iron
Reduced iron is a form of iron powder produced by reducing iron oxides. It is a metallic powder with a …
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Selenium
Selenium is a mineral that is naturally present in soil and water, and therefore in the food chain. It is …
What is Selenium? →
Vitamins
Vitamins are essential organic compounds that most organisms need to perform a range of physiological functions. They are naturally found …
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Copper sulphate
Copper sulphate is an inorganic salt that appears as blue crystals. It is produced industrially by reacting copper metal or …
What is Copper sulphate? →
Thiamin hydrochloride
Thiamin hydrochloride is the salt form of thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. It is a water-soluble vitamin that is …
What is Thiamin hydrochloride? →
Iron fumarate
Iron fumarate is an iron salt of fumaric acid. It is manufactured by reacting iron salts with fumaric acid. It …
What is Iron fumarate? →
Minerals
Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic substances essential for life. In food, they are often added in purified or processed forms …
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Retinyl palmitate
Retinyl palmitate is an ester of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid. It is a yellowish, crystalline solid. It is …
What is Retinyl palmitate? →
Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid
Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid are compounds derived from ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and fatty acids. They are produced …
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Iron gluconate
Iron gluconate is an organic salt of iron and gluconic acid. It is produced by reacting gluconic acid (often derived …
What is Iron gluconate? →
D-biotin
D-biotin, also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H, is a water-soluble vitamin. It occurs naturally in some foods and …
What is D-biotin? →
Chromium
Chromium is a trace mineral, meaning the body only needs it in small amounts. It occurs naturally in many foods, …
What is Chromium? →
Menaquinone
Menaquinone is a group of fat-soluble compounds, also known as vitamin K2. It is naturally produced by bacteria in the …
What is Menaquinone? →
Folate
Folate is the naturally occurring form of vitamin B9, found in many leafy green vegetables, fruits, and legumes. It is …
What is Folate? →
Phylloquinone
Phylloquinone is the chemical name for vitamin K1. It is a fat-soluble vitamin found naturally in green leafy vegetables such …
What is Phylloquinone? →
L-carnitine
L-carnitine is a compound that the body naturally produces and uses to metabolise fat into energy. It is synthesised in …
What is L-carnitine? →
Copper gluconate
Copper gluconate is an organic salt of copper, derived from gluconic acid. It is produced by reacting copper with gluconic …
What is Copper gluconate? →
Choline
Choline is an essential nutrient, a water-soluble compound vital for cell membrane structure, neurotransmitter synthesis, and lipid metabolism. It is …
What is Choline? →
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a mineral that is essential for life. It is found naturally in many foods, including dairy products, meat, …
What is Phosphorus? →
Zeaxanthin
Zeaxanthin is a naturally occurring carotenoid pigment, found in plants such as corn, peppers, and leafy greens. It is also …
What is Zeaxanthin? →
Iron Niacin
Iron niacin, also known as niacinamide or nicotinamide, is a form of vitamin B3. It is synthesised industrially, often from …
What is Iron Niacin? →
Elemental iron
Elemental iron is pure iron in its metallic form. It is often produced by reducing iron oxides, or through electrolysis. …
What is Elemental iron? →
Copper
Copper is an essential trace mineral, vital for numerous bodily functions including energy production, iron metabolism, and the formation of …
What is Copper? →
Dicalcium phosphate
Dicalcium phosphate is a mineral salt that occurs naturally in bone and teeth. In food production, it is typically manufactured …
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Monomagnesium phosphate
Monomagnesium phosphate is a mineral salt derived from magnesium and phosphoric acid. It is typically produced industrially through chemical synthesis. …
What is Monomagnesium phosphate? →
Vitamin Blend
A vitamin blend is a mixture of essential vitamins, which are organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts …
What is Vitamin Blend? →
Ferric ammonium citrate
Ferric ammonium citrate is an iron salt that appears as a white to yellowish-white crystalline powder. It is produced by …
What is Ferric ammonium citrate? →
DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate
DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate is a synthetic form of vitamin E, an essential nutrient. It is produced through a chemical process, often …
What is DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate? →
Sodium molybdate
Sodium molybdate is an inorganic salt, a white crystalline powder. It is the sodium salt of molybdic acid. It is …
What is Sodium molybdate? →
D Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
D-alpha-tocopherol acetate is a synthetic form of vitamin E, an essential nutrient. It is typically produced through chemical synthesis, often …
What is D Alpha Tocopherol Acetate? →
Calcium pantothenate
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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Chromium picolinate
Chromium picolinate is an organic compound that combines chromium, an essential trace mineral, with picolinic acid, an organic acid derived …
What is Chromium picolinate? →
Plant Derived Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol, is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in calcium absorption and bone …
What is Plant Derived Vitamin D3? →
Chlorella
Chlorella is a genus of single-celled green algae, found in freshwater and saltwater environments. It is typically cultivated in controlled …
What is Chlorella? →
D-alpha tocopheryl acetate
D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate is a synthetic form of vitamin E, an essential nutrient. It is produced by chemically reacting alpha-tocopherol (vitamin …
What is D-alpha tocopheryl acetate? →
Chromium chloride
Chromium chloride is an inorganic compound that is a source of the essential trace mineral chromium. It is typically produced …
What is Chromium chloride? →
Soluble fibre
Soluble fibre is a type of dietary fibre that dissolves in water to form a gel-like substance. It is naturally …
What is Soluble fibre? →
Glycine
Glycine is the simplest amino acid, a building block for proteins. It occurs naturally in many foods, including meat, fish, …
What is Glycine? →
Magnesium sulphate
Magnesium sulphate is an inorganic salt composed of magnesium and sulphate. It occurs naturally in minerals and can be produced …
What is Magnesium sulphate? →
Choline chloride
Choline chloride is a quaternary ammonium salt that is an essential nutrient for humans. It is a white crystalline solid, …
What is Choline chloride? →
D2 As Ergocalciferol
Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2, is a form of vitamin D. It is typically produced by exposing the ergosterol …
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D3 As Plant Derived Cholecalciferol
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3, is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for calcium absorption and bone health. It can be …
What is D3 As Plant Derived Cholecalciferol? →
Niacine
Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, is a water-soluble vitamin. It occurs naturally in certain foods and can also be …
What is Niacine? →
Zinc gluconate
Zinc gluconate is the zinc salt of gluconic acid. Gluconic acid is typically produced by the fermentation of glucose by …
What is Zinc gluconate? →
Spirulina powder
Spirulina is a blue-green algae, a type of cyanobacteria, that grows in both fresh and saltwater. It is cultivated and …
What is Spirulina powder? →
Chicory Root Inulin
Chicory root inulin is a soluble dietary fibre extracted from the chicory plant's root. The extraction process typically involves hot …
What is Chicory Root Inulin? →
Molybdenum
Molybdenum is a trace mineral that is essential for human health. It is naturally found in many foods, including legumes, …
What is Molybdenum? →
Manganese
Manganese is a naturally occurring mineral found in the earth's crust, soil, and water. It is also present in many …
What is Manganese? →
Vitamin B
Vitamin B is a group of water-soluble vitamins essential for human health. They are naturally found in a variety of …
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Note:
This site presents label data from Open Food Facts for general information. It is not medical advice.
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