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Vitamin C contents were measured in various milk samples including powder, liquid packs and animal milks using UV-VIS spectrophotometric techniques. In all the milk samples, high concentration of Ascorbic acid was found in the powder milk (Poland SMP) 57.02 mg/100g followed by Milk pack sample ie Haleeb Tea Max 26.80 mg/100g. Thus as a whole the general order of vitamin C contents was Powder> Liquid milk packs> Animal milk. The purpose of the study was to know the contents of vitamin C in various milk samples.

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is widely required in the metabolism of living being. In humans this substance is not synthesized during the metabolic process [1]. Thus it is necessary to be constituent of the alimentary diet because it participates in the redox mechanism, allowing the hydrogen transport in the cellular respiratory chain level. According to US minimum daily requirement of 60 mg ascorbic acid per 250 mL container is required [2].