Table 2.
Estimated B-vitamin intake from a single multivitamin tablet and the standard breakfast test meal by the study participants.
| Vitamins | Supplement | Test Meal | Total Intake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin B12 (µg) | 22.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
| Total Folate (µg) | 0.00 | 79.01 | 79.01 |
| Folic Acid (µg) | 400.00 | 0.00 1 | 400.00 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 6.00 | 0.38 | 6.38 |
| Thiamine (mg) | 2.18 | 0.43 | 2.61 |
| Pantothenic acid (mg) | 10.80 | 0.00 1 | 10.80 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 3.20 | 0.16 | 3.36 |
| Niacin (mg) | 15.00 | 0.78 | 15.78 |
| Biotin (µg) | 45.00 | 0.00 1 | 45.00 |
B-vitamin content of multivitamin supplement tablet was obtained from nutrition information available from Centrum (Pfizer, New York, NY, USA). Foodworks software was used to extract the nutrient composition of test meals from the New Zealand food composition database. 1 Values not present in the database [33]; folic acid was not present as fortified foods were not present in the test meals.