What is riboflavin?
Q: What is riboflavin?
A: Riboflavin is a B vitamin (vitamin B2) that dissolves in water.
Q: How does the body use riboflavin?
A: The body needs riboflavin and other B vitamins to get energy from food, as it helps the body use fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.
Q: What foods are rich in riboflavin?
A: Foods that are rich in riboflavin include milk, cheese, leafy green vegetables, liver, beans peas and soybeans, yeast, almonds, asparagus bananas okra chard cottage cheese yogurt meat eggs fish.
Q: What happens if someone has too much riboflavin?
A: If someone has too much riboflavin their urine will become bright fluorescent yellow. Injections with too much riboflavin can make one sick.
Q: How do industrial companies produce Vitamin B2 for vitamin pills or to add to foods?
A: Industrial companies grow special yeasts, other fungi or bacteria that make a lot of riboflavin which they then use for Vitamin B2 for vitamin pills or to add to foods.
Q: Why do people fortify food with extra riboflvain?
A: People fortify food with extra ribbonflavin to prevent deficiency diseases caused by not having enough of it in their diet. It is also used as a food coloring agent due its yellow or orange-yellow hue.
