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Vitamins
También conocido como: vitamine
‘Vitamins’ is a broad label - usually a beneficial nutrient added to fortify food or drink.
Vitamins are essential nutrients your body needs in small amounts to work properly. When added to beverages they're meant to boost nutrition, and at normal fortification levels they're safe or even helpful. But 'vitamins' isn't one substance - some (like vitamin A or D) can cause harm in large excess, so the actual amount and specific vitamin matter.
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Why it matters
Vitamins are natural compounds your body needs for things like energy production, immune function, and cell repair. Food and drink makers often add them back in after processing removes them, or add extra to make a product look healthier (this is called fortification). For most people, vitamins added to a drink are a plus, not a risk. The catch: 'vitamins' is a vague label covering many different molecules - water-soluble ones like vitamin C and B vitamins, and fat-soluble ones like A, D, E, and K - and they don't all behave the same way in the body.
Fuentes (2)
- 1.EFSA Dietary Reference Values and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
- 2.Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods
