Antioxidant, carotene riboflavin

In the food industry, vitamins are used to enrich many products, by the processes of restitution and fortification (enrichment). Restitution means the return of the vitamin content to the original level found in the raw material fortification is enrichment to a higher level needed for physiological or other reasons. Some vitamins have also found use as natural dyes (riboflavin and provitamins A, in particular -carotene) and as antioxidants (provitamins A, vitamin E and vitamin C). Intake of vitamins currently significantly influences the consumption of various concentrated sources of vitamins such as dietary supplements and multivitamin preparations. Intake of vitamins in these concentrated forms may lead, in extreme cases, to hypervitaminosis. 

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