Vitamin B6

Food Additive for Food Industry

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

Applications of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

Dietary supplements:

multivitamin or B-complex preparations
single vitamin & multivitamin preparations

Food products:

vitamin fortification of various food products, dietetic products and baby and small children food
food products for athletes,
low- calorie and calorie reduced foods
vitamin fortification of fruit, vegetable and multi vitamin juices, confectionery, isotonic beverages, instant-drink powders, milk and other dairy products, breakfast cereal

Stability

Stored in the unopened original packaging at room temperature (max. 25°C), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride is stable for at least 42 months. It is quite stable in dry mixtures and solutions. Furthermore, the product is stable to heat, acids and alkalis.

Physiological importance

Vitamin B6 includes pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal as well as their phosphates. In the form of the coenzymes pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) and pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP), vitamin B6 plays a key role in the amino acid metabolism. As a coenzyme for the synthesis of biogenic amines it is required for the central nervous system (CNS). In addition, vitamin B6 plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism, specifically for the release of glucose from glycogen.

Deficiency symptoms

Isolated vitamin B6 deficiency is rarely found in humans, because the supply of other B-complex vitamins is frequently inadequate as well. Typical symptoms include pellagra-like dermatitis, inflammations in the mouth and on the lips and nervous disorders.