8
B
1
Regulatory Information
Min
Max
US Infant Formula
0.04 mg/100kcal
0.28 mg/L*
‐‐
EU Infant formula
0.04 mg/100kcal
0.28 mg/L*
0.12 mg/100kcal
0.84 mg/L *
EU FSMP
0.06 mg/100 kcal
0.42 mg/L*
0.18 mg/100kcal
1.26 mg/L*
Codex Infant Formula 0.06 mg/100 kcal
0.30 mg/100kcal
0.42 mg/L*
2.1 mg/L*
Aus/NZ Infant
Formula
0.04 mg/100kcal
0.28 mg/L*
0.20 mg/100kcal
1.4 mg/L*
China (GB) Infant
Formula
0.06 mg/100 kcal
0.42 mg/L*
0.30 mg/100kcal
2.1 mg/L*
*based on 70 kcal/100mL
Vitamin B
2
Riboflavin
B
2
was isolated in 1932 from Brewer’s yeast.
B
2
was originally known as vitamin G (and briefly
vitamin J)
The name Riboflavin is derived from Ribose the
sugar whose reduced form makes up part of its
structure.
Flavin is from the Latin
flavus
meaning yellow.
