Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 or additive is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. vitamin B2 is required for a wide variety of cellular processes. It plays a key role in energy metabolism, and for the metabolism of fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins.
Exposure to light destroys Vitamin B2.
Vitamin B2 is best known visually as the vitamin which imparts the orange color to solid B-vitamin preparations, the yellow color to vitamin supplement solutions, and the unusual fluorescent-yellow color to the urine of persons who supplement with high-dose B-complex preparations.
Daily dose for Vitamin B2 – 75mg
Food that contains vitamin B2 : eggs, dairy products, tuna, mixed vegetables, almonds.