Welcome, ladies, to an 8-part series, Eat your chemistry.
Buy a pack of raisin buns, eat them, then look at the ingredients. You'll see E101 is listed!
Oh no! What have you eaten! What is E101?
Research riboflavin on planet internet. Are the following true or false?
It has poor solubility in water.
It is used as an orange-red colour additive in food.
It is a member of the B vitamin family.
It plays tennis.
Can cells process riboflavin? When you see E101 listed in your raisin bun what would you recommend we do: eat it or junk it?
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