Vitamin C can do what kind of food additives
Vitamin C itself is a nutrient, but when added to food, it is necessary to pay attention to the added limit, if not used as a nutrient, can be added as an antioxidant ingredient, mainly added to the beverage category.
VC has a strong reduction, on the one hand is commonly used in food antioxidants, such as the use of VC reductive reduction of o-quinone compounds, thereby inhibiting enzymatic browning and as a modified agent for bread. But also can protect folic acid and other substances easily oxidized. It can also remove singlet oxygen, reducing oxygen and carbon as the center of free radicals, as well as its antioxidant regeneration. Commonly used in beverage production and oil and other foods susceptible to oxidation. The other is the functional food for nutritional supplements.
