DI SODIUM ASCORBATE

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is used to prevent or treat low levels of vitamin C in people who do not get enough of the vitamin from their diets. Most people who eat a normal diet do not need extra ascorbic acid. Low levels of vitamin C can result in a condition called scurvy.

An organic sodium salt resulting from the replacement of the proton from the 3-hydroxy group of ascorbic acid by a sodium ion. Sodium ascorbate is one of a number of mineral salts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). … As a food additive, it has the E number E301 and is used as an antioxidant and an acidity regulator.