Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) A0EXX Core term * RPC Derivatives/ ingredients **

The group includes Vitamin B2 used for fortification or enrichment of foods. Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is the vitamin formerly known as G. It is an easily absorbed colored micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and other animals. Riboflavin is the central component of the cofactors FAD and FMN, and is therefore required by all flavoproteins

Core term (Level of detail)

A standard food term, suitable as a base term in a FoodEx2 code. ↩

RPC Derivatives/ ingredients (Type of Term)

A food made from a single commodity by a process that changes its nature, such as flour from grain or oil from seeds. ↩

Implicit facet descriptors *

Descriptors marked are not part of "Zoonoses hierarchy" and open in their own default hierarchy.

Facet descriptor

Implicit facet descriptors are characteristics a food already implies, so they are left out of its FoodEx2 code. For example, "smoked salmon" (A02KF) implies the facet descriptor "smoking" (F28.A07JV); because the term itself already conveys it, it is not added to the code. ↩

Narrower terms

These are child terms of the current term, "Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)".

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) has no narrower terms in Zoonoses hierarchy.

Sibling terms

Other terms sharing the same "Vitamins" parent term.

Record metadata

Status
APPROVED
Version
8.11
Valid from
16 Mar 2015, 23:19
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Last update
09 Aug 2017, 11:04