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IT has been found that coffee seeds contain small amounts of certain vitamins, among which niacin prevails in higher proportion. An average consumption of 3.5 cups of coffee per day could supply about one-third of the minimum, daily niacin requirement for a normal adult male1. In order to determine the possible effect on niacin content of varying environmental conditions under which coffee is grown, as well as of the different methods of processing, two sets of specially prepared samples were analysed.
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Tepley, L. J., and Prier, R. F., Nutritional Evaluation of Coffee Including Niacin Bioassay, Pub. No. 24 (The Coffee Brewing Institute, Inc., New York, 1957).
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CARVALHO, A. Variability of the Niacin Content in Coffee. Nature 194, 1096 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941096a0
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