Myth No. 14
"Pasteurization destroys Vitamins A, D, E and F, sometimes by as much as 60.... And other water-soluble vitamins by as much as 38 - 80%."
- We think that the claimant here must mean to say Vitamin K and not F.
- Pasteurization of milk does not cause appreciable loss of Vitamin A or any other fat-soluble vitamin.
- See Heat-Induced Changes in Milk, 2nd ed. P.F. Fox, ed. (1995) IDF
- With respect to the other water-solubles in milk, suffice it to say that milk is a good source of thiamine, folate, B-12 and riboflavin and that pasteurization will result in anywhere from zero to 10 percent reduction for each of them.