Illustrate the Applications of vitamin B6
The heating processes employed in the industry for the sterilization of milk based formulations will greatly reduce their vitamin B6 content. Possibly, as yet, unknown decomposition products of vitamin B6 are formed/it is inactivated in these products during manufacture and storage, with the loss of vitamin activity.
An interesting fact of practical importance is the observation that the vitamin B6 hydrochloride added to milk or milk preparation is more resistant to thermal sterilization than the vitamin B6 naturally present in the milk. Loss of vitamin B6 loss due to thermal sterilization of milk based preparation may thus be compensated by external addition of vitamin B6 hydrochloride.