Letter to the Editor: On the Effects of Anticaking Agents on Vitamin C Physical and Chemical Stability

摘要

Dear Dr. Lund, One of the discoveries reported in a recent IFT's Newsletter [September 28, 2011] is that "Additives meant to protect Vitamin C, may have opposite effect". This news item is based on the article: Lipasek RA, Taylor LS and Mauer LJ. 2011. Effects of Anticaking Agents and Relative Humidity on the Physical and Chemical Stability of Powdered Vitamin C. J Food Sci 76(7):C1062-74. Since the alleged deleterious effect of anticaking agents on the vitamin could have serious impact on both its users and on the agents manufacturers, a few words of caution about this claim would be in order.