Calcium erythorbate is a food additive. Chemically it is the calcium salt of erythorbic acid with the chemical formula Ca(C6H7O6)2. As an antioxidant structurally related to vitamin C it helps improve flavor stability and prevents the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines.
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