Biotin, pantothenic acid and vitamin E in the British household food supply.

Intakes of biotin, pantothenic acid and vitamin E in Britain were calculated by applying values from the 4th edition of McCance and Widdowson's The composition of foods or other published values to the amounts of food recorded in the National Food Survey of 1979. National average intakes were found to be biotin distributions could also be made to the intake of the B vitamins by alcoholic drinking and confectionery. Comparison of intakes with suggested recommended intakes values were rather low while for pantothenic acid the recommendations were met.