Calcium ascorbate is the calcium salt of ascorbic acid, or vitamin C. In cosmetics, it functions as an antioxidant and as a skin conditioning agent (R).
Calcium ascorbate is more chemically stable than ascorbic acid, which is very unstable in aqueous solutions and oxidises easily (R).
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