
Vitamin C Calcium Vitamin C Calcium CAS Number 5743-28-2 Molecular Formula C12H14CaO12 • 2H2O Molecular Weight 426.34 Package:25Kg/drum Function: Supplement calcium & Vitamin C Application: Tags:
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid Food And Medicine Grade Details
Ascorbic acid is a white or slightly yellow crystals or powder,a little acid.m.p.190°C-192°C,easily soluble in water,a little soluble in alcohol and uneasily soluble in Ether and chlorofom and other organic solvent.In solid state it is stable in air.Its water solution is easliy mutated when it meets with air.
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid Food And Medicine Grade Applications
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.
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid Food And Medicine Grade Specifications
| ITEM | STANDARD |
| Appearance | White or almost white crystal or crystalline powder |
| Identification | Positive |
| Melting point | 191 °C ~ 192°C |
| pH (5%, w/v) | 2.2 ~ 2.5 |
| pH (2%,w/v) | 2.4 ~ 2.8 |
| Specific optical rotation | +20.5° ~ +21.5° |
| Clarity of solution | Clear |
| Heavy metals | ≤0.0003% |
| Assay (as C 6H 8O6, %) | 99.0 ~ 100.5 |
| Copper | ≤3 mg/kg |
| Iron | ≤2 mg/kg |
| Mercury | ≤1 mg/kg |
| Arsenic | ≤2 mg/kg |
| Lead | ≤2 mg/kg |
| Oxalic acid | ≤0.2% |
| Loss on drying | ≤0.1% |
| Sulphated ash | ≤ 0.1% |
| Residual solvents (as methanol) | ≤ 500 mg/kg |
| Total plate count (cfu/g) | ≤ 1000 |
| Yeasts & molds (cfu/g) | ≤ 100 |
| Escherichia. Coli/g | Absence |
| Salmonella/ 25g | Absence |
| Staphylococcus aureus/ 25g | Absence |