---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.315"
title: "21"
number: "172.315"
heading: "Nicotinamide-ascorbic acid complex."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.315"
---

# §172.315. Nicotinamide-ascorbic acid complex.


Nicotinamide-ascorbic acid complex may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) The additive is the product of the controlled reaction between ascorbic acid and nicotinamide, melting in the range 141 °C to 145 °C.
- (b) **It is used as a source of ascorbic acid and nicotinamide in multivitamin preparations.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.