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Which vitamin is destroyed by heat?

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Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that helps in growth and development and is also called ascorbic acid.
It is a temperature-sensitive vitamin that gets destroyed at elevated temperatures.
It denatures at temperatures as low as 86^oF.

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