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Nazia Akhtar

Vocational Link Mintel is a facial care and anti-ageing market 45. The aim of this company is to sell anti-ageing and skin care products. The company sells a wide range of products and within the products being sold there is 85% of vitamin C, 78% of fruit based ingredients and 72% of probiotics. The way this company would benefit from my experiment is, understanding how temperature can affect the amount of vitamin C retained in a product is important. By explaining to the company how temperature can have a significant impact may enable them to make informed decision about how the product is made and where it should be stored. Therefore, I will be able to advise the company Mintel that the best temperature which would help retain the most amount of vitamin C is the refrigerator. This is because when testing orange juice and apple juice in the fridge and on the window sill, it showed that more vitamin C was retained when in the fridge. Furthermore, when obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. This implies that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices. Another company which would be interested in vitamin C is High Nature 46. This is a company which provides vitamin C supplements. It promotes the benefits of consuming vitamin C and how it helps the body. The way this company would benefit from my investigation is, knowing the right temperature to store the supplement tablets is important because if stored at high temperatures the amount of vitamin C would decrease, so the individual would not receive the amount of vitamin C written on the packaging. I will be able to advise consumers with information like what temperature is most suitable for both orange and apple juice. From my results I found out that when testing orange juice and apple juice in the fridge and on the window sill, it showed that more vitamin C was retained when in the fridge. When obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. This implies that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices. Another company which would be interested in vitamin C is Vitaene 47. This is a drink company. A sports nutritionist would be able to inform his/her clients the benefits of consuming vitamin C drinks and how storage can affect the amount of vitamin C retained within the drink. My experiment can help benefit this company. The reason for this is because, informing them which temperature is most suitable to store their drinks in to ensure the amount of vitamin C doesn’t decrease is important. By informing them which temperature is best would mean they could then inform their clients and they could also benefit from this. Therefore, I will be able to advise the company Vitaene what temperature is most suitable for both orange and apple juice. From my results I found out that when testing orange juice and apple juice in the fridge and on the window sill, it showed that more vitamin C was retained when in the fridge. Furthermore, when obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there

Nazia Akhtar was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. This implies that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices. As the company Vitaene should be informed how to ensure the amount of vitamin C does decrease. From my research it was evident that storing the juice in the fridge would be most suitable. So this company can store their products in the fridge. Furthermore one example of the set of results I had obtained was, from the research it showed that orange juice stored in the fridge took an estimate of 13 days for vitamin C to decrease by 50%. This is because at day 0 the juice retained 63.52mg/100ml of vitamin C. Dividing this figure by 2 (equals 31.76mg/100ml), would give the figure of when it would decrease by 50%. To estimate the vitamin C concentration on day 12 we multiply by 0.96 because 96% of the vitamin C is on average retained each day. I know this because when dividing the overall decrease which was 47.13% by the number of days which was 11 it gave me a total of 4.28%. This was the decrease per day then I subtracted this from a 100 (100 - 4.28) which equals 95.72%. So, I rounded this up which gave me an answer of 96% which was the average retained each day. Day 12 was worked out by; Day 11 x 0.96 = 33.58mg/100ml x 0.96% = 32.24 mg/100ml. Then, Day 13 = Day 12 x 0.96 = 32.24mg/100ml x 0.96% = 30.95 mg/100ml. This means at day 13 the vitamin C decrease is over 50%. Finally I had worked out; Day 13 / day 0 x 100 = 30.95mg/100ml divided by 63.52 mg/100ml x 100 = 48.72% retained. Finally, I calculated, 100 – 48.72% = 51.28% decrease by day 13. This showed that the vitamin C had decreased by 50% by the 13th day. Therefore, from these set of results it showed that the vitamin C had decreased by 50% within orange juice in the fridge in 13 days. So, I could advise the company Vitaene to increase the temperature of the fridge so that the vitamin C within the products would not decrease by 50% as fast. The reason why a dentist would be interested in vitamin C is because it contains collagen 48+49. Collagen helps maintain the strength of gums as well as maintaining the strength of the body. It also helps reduce the amount of plaque and decay within the teeth. My experiment would benefit a dentist because some patients may have gum disease and dentist would have to give their clients advice in order to help this and prevent it from becoming worse. Vitamin C prevents gum disease, in order to prevent gum disease an individual should consume foods and drinks which contain vitamin C. The more vitamin C an individual consumes the more collagen that is produced, vitamin C can be affected by many factors. By informing the dentist of how to prevent reduction of vitamin C could help benefit their patients. Therefore, from the results I had obtained I would be able to inform the dentist that how much vitamin C would be present within 150ml serving size. From this the dentist can advise patients of how much vitamin C they should consume daily. When obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. This implies that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices. So, I could advice the dentist to store their products within the fridge to help retain more vitamin C. As well as that, I would also be able to inform the dentist how much vitamin C would be present within 150ml serving size. The way this is calculated is by multiplying the Vitamin C present by the Serving Size for that specific day in order to find the serving size for each day. So, an example of this would, there is 63.52 mg/100ml of vitamin C present at 0 days old and the serving size is 150ml. Therefore, to work out the serving size for 0 days, 63.52mg/100ml would be multiplied by 1.5. Although the serving size is 150ml but this number is divided by a 100 to find the serving for that day. From the results obtained for each juice and conditions it showed that the amount of vitamin C varied between each juice. Orange juice in the fridge retained 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C by the 11th day. This was then multiplied by 1.5 which gave an answer of 50.37ml. Then, orange juice on the window sill had retained 30.47mg/100ml of

Nazia Akhtar vitamin C, this was multiplied by 1.5 which then gave an answer of 45.71ml. Yet again for apple juice in the fridge the figures were different too as, there was 4.59mg/100ml vitamin C retained by the 11th day and this was then multiplied by 1.5 which gave a total of 6.89ml and then for apple juice on the window sill by the 11th day the vitamin C retained was 5.65, this was then multiplied by 1.5 which gave a total serving size of 8.48ml. So, I would be able to inform the dentist how much vitamin C is retained in each juice for both conditions.

The reason why a sports nutritionist would be interested in vitamin C is because it helps the aid of wounds and cuts. A sports nutritionist would advise his/her clients to consume vitamin C, however he/she would also have to inform how different factors can affect the amount of vitamin C. So, I will be able to advise which temperature is most suitable as different temperatures will determine the amount of vitamin C retained within the drink. From my results it showed that when testing orange juice and apple juice in the fridge and on the window sill, it showed that more vitamin C was retained when in the fridge. Therefore, when obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. This implies that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices. I would be able to advise a sports nutritionist that there is more vitamin C within orange juice, this specifically being in the refrigerator. The reason a doctor would be interested in vitamin C is because as a doctor they are aware of how important the body is and how many different factors can affect how our bodies function e.g. diet, lifestyle. My experiment would benefit doctors because informing them about the factors could benefit lots of other individual as they could inform other and have health campaigns which could explain how different factors can have an impact on the amount of vitamin C retained. From my results I will be able to advise doctors that storing medicines or any other products in the fridge will help retain more vitamin C. The reason for this is because when obtaining the results of orange juice in the fridge on the 11th day the results showed that there was 33.58mg/100ml of vitamin C left and in orange juice on the window sill there was 30.47mg/100ml. Then in apple juice in the fridge there was 4.59mg/100ml of vitamin C retained by the 11th day and apple juice on the window sill, there was 5.65mg/100ml of vitamin C retained. Looking at the results from both juices and the conditions it was stored in it is evident that there was more vitamin C retained when in the refrigerator for both juices....