Effect of production system, supermarket and purchase date on the vitamin D content of eggs at retail

Food Chemistry

Volumn 221, Issue , 2017, Pages 1021-1025

  Guo, Jing ^a   Kliem, Kirsty E ^a   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a   Givens, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D3; Eggs; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

RETAIL STORES; SALES; VITAMINS;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; EGGS; ORGANIC EGGS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RETAIL OUTLETS; VITAMIN D SYNTHESIS; VITAMIN-D;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CALCIFEDIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; EGG; EGG YOLK; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN METABOLISM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CALCIFEDIOL; CHICKENS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; COMMERCE; EGGS; FARMS; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D;

EID: 85006964834     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.060     Document Type: Article

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