[1] Jordan Potter of Far Out magazine noticed that the album's sleeve art features a can of Aegean okra, which is incidentally rich in vitamin C.[2] In the first half of 1972, United Artists "requested a follow-up 45 rpm single to capitalize on the success of the previous single "Spoon".

[5] A version of the song appeared as "Dead Pigeon Suite" on 2012 compilation album The Lost Tapes, which features the studio out-takes recorded by Can.

Brooklyn band Woods's 2016 song "Can't See at All" interpolated a keyboard sample from "Vitamin C".

[11] "Vitamin C" has been incorporated into the "The Get Down: Original Soundtrack" for the 2016 Netflix series of the same name, used as the theme song of Jaden Smith's character Dizzed.

[1] In 2018, the DJs Adam Beyer and Bart Skils released their track "Your Mind" which features the sample from the theme song.