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How can vitamin C be destroyed?

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Vitamin C can be destroyed by heat and light. High-heat cooking temperatures or prolonged cook times can break down the vitamin. Because it is water-soluble, the vitamin can also seep into cooking liquid and be lost if the liquids are not eaten.


How are vitamins destroyed?

Some vitamins dissolve in water, so you lose your vitamins to the cooking water if you prefer to boil your vegetables. For example, boiling a potato can cause much of the potato's B and C vitamins to migrate into the boiling water.

Does vitamin C get destroyed by water?

Vitamin C is water-soluble. It isn't just heat that destroys Vitamin C; it is heated water that steals it before it gets into your system. Many common cooking methods, like boiling, can cause the vitamin to leach out of food.

Does high temperature destroy vitamin C?

Vitamin C is a water-soluble and temperature-sensitive vitamin, so is easily degraded during cooking, and elevated temperatures and long cooking times have been found to cause particularly severe losses of vitamin C [12].

Is vitamin C destroyed by air?

Vitamin C is easily destroyed by excessive heat and water, as well as exposure to air. For retention of vitamin C in cooked foods, it is recommended that foods containing vitamin C be cooked as fast as possible with less heat and small amount of water.

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