FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin needed to be taken into the body in small amounts. Vitamin C is therefore categorised as a micronutrient. All the others mentioned here, i.e., proteins, lipids and monosaccharides are macronutrients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vitamins are organic molecules required by the body in very small amount for maintenance of normal metabolic functioning. Thirteen organic compounds are known to function as vitamins in humans.

Detailed explanation-3: -A vitamin is an organic molecule (or a set of molecules closely related chemically, i.e. vitamers) that is an essential micronutrient that an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vitamins are organic compounds (meaning they contain Carbon) and they are vital nutrients that organisms require in limited amounts. Just like other essential nutrients, vitamins must be obtained from the diet since the organism can not make them (or can not make enough of them) for survival.