• 3.3 Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
• Vitamin C has a global production of 110,000 tons per year, selling
for $6I8 kg.
• It is used for nutrition of humans and animals as well as a food
antioxidant.
• The otherwise chemical sevenIstep Reichstein process includes one
bioconversion reaction. The oxidation of D-sorbitol to L-sorbose by
Gluconobacter oxydans is the first step in ascorbic acid production.