Food additive vitamin B2

Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, is one of the 13 essential vitamins for the human body, and a member of the vitamin B family. It is an important component of FAD and FMN in many enzyme systems in the body, and participates in the energy metabolism and material metabolism of the body.

Demand structure: downstream is mainly animal feed and food additives, accounting for 64% and 32% respectively, medicine and other demand is small (< 5%). Among them, the feed grade VB2 is 80% powder, which is mainly used as an additive in food such as flour. The total demand of the global VB2 market is about 7000 tons.

Production process: VB2 production process is microbial fermentation. At present, microbial fermentation is widely used to produce vitamin B2 at home and abroad. The microorganisms that can produce vitamin B2 are bacteria, fungi and molds. Eremotherecium ashbyii is mainly used as the production strain in industrial production. The industrial fermentation of vitamin B2 is generally secondary fermentation, and the fermentation liquid is first precipitated and then oxidized for separation and purification. Corn is the main raw material for fermentation production of VB2, accounting for more than 50% of the production cost.

Keyword: Food additive vitamin B2, Feed additive vitamin B2