Each tablet provides 400mg of biologically active whole food vitamin C. Vitamin C in whole food does not exist as ascorbic acid alone but CO-exists within a synergistic network of enzymes, bioflavonoids and other cofactors, that as a whole, total biologically-active vitamin C. Whole food vitamin C also delivers a myriad of bencficial bioflavonoid food compounds known to have nutritive activity in the body. Another benefit to whole food vitamin (is that’s naturaly buffered, with less than 1/1 Other acidity compared to common ascorbic acid, and is therefore gentle on the stomach. One study that compared vitamin C from FoodState to isolated ascorbic acid showed vitamin (from FoodState to be 68% more absorbed at four hours after ingestion, and that was absorbed more gradually over time than ascorbic acid alone)The study also indicated that vitamin C from FoodState was retained by the body longer than ascorbic acid
