Ascorbic Acid Vitamin C

Vitamin C is a vitamin. Some animals can make their own vitamin C, but people must get this vitamin from food and other sources. Good sources of vitamin C are fresh fruit and vegetables, especially citrus fruits. 
The structure of vitamin C is similar to glucose, which is a kind of polyhydroxy compound, it has the property of acid, also known as ascorbic acid.Vitamin C has a strong reducibility and is easily oxidized into dehydrovitamin C, but its reaction is reversible, and ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid have the same physiological function, but if dehydroascorbic acid continues to be oxidized and diketogluconic acid is generated, the reaction is irreversible and completely loses its physiological efficiency.

Function

1)Keep food, fruits and beverage fresh and prevent them from producing unpleasant smell. 
2)Prevent formation of nitrous amine from nitrous acid in meat products. 
3)Improve dough quality and make baked food expand to its maximum. 
4)Compensate the Vitamin C losses of beverage ,fruits and vegetables during processing rocedures. 
5)Used as nutritional element in additives,Feed additives.

Application

1.Food Grade: As antioxidant and food nutrition enhancer, Vitamin C is used in flour product, beer, candy, jam, can, drink, dairy products.
2.Medicine Grade: Vitamin medicines, prevent scurvy, and a various of drugs for acute or chronic infectious diseases, purpura, dental caries, gingival abscess, anemia 
3.Cosmetic Material: Vitamin C can promote collagen formation, its antioxidation, can restrain pigment spots