Vitamin K

Hazard level: No known concerns

What is Vitamin K?

Fat-soluble vitamin needed for blood clotting and bone health.

Is Vitamin K safe?

Vitamin K has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.

Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 4 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA

Also known as

Vitamin K is also known as vitamin k, витамин k, vitamin k1, vitamin k2, menaquinone — these all refer to the same ingredient.

vitamin k витамин k phylloquinone vitamin k1 menaquinone vitamin k2

Related additives

Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (E300) Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) Steviol Glycosides (E960) Tocopherol (Vitamin E) (E306) Salt (Sodium Chloride) Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) Natural Flavouring Vitamin A (Retinol) Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) (E101) Thiamine (Vitamin B1)

Products containing Vitamin K

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