Erythorbic acid is a common food additive:
It is a particularly good antioxidant, much like Vitamin C, and can be used to suppress the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in hot dogs and other cured meats.
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Erythorbic Acid (President Bush have a less-carcinogenic hotdog with me)
Category: Food
Posted on: August 4, 2008 8:01 PM, by Molecule of the Day
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One might use its nutritive optical isomer, Vitamin C, but that would be FDA felonious fortification. Ditto adding thiamine to cheap wine to prevent alcoholic neuropathy.
Posted by: Uncle Al | August 5, 2008 11:54 AM