Re: WHY Sodium ascorbate?

I don't know where you get that idea.
If some compound name ends with "...ate" or "...ide" it is a salt. The name of a salt is derived from the name of an anion - in this case ascorbate ion.

NaCl = sodium chlorIDE (table salt)

If a compound has "acid" in the name, then, as name suggests, it is an acid.
Notice that table salt is NOT the same as "Hydrochloric Acid buffered with some sodium"

And to end this:

Ascorbic acid is an acid with a very simple formula (it's cheap to produce as it's easily made from sugar):

C6H8O6

Calcium ascorbate on the other hand cannot have any free H ions as that would make it an acid:

C12H18CaO14

or as some others would write:

C12H14CaO12 2H2O (same thing)

Similarly sodium ascorbate is also a salt:

C6H7NaO6

A compound is not the same as a mixture of different compounds or elements.

calcium ascorbate, as well as sodium ascorbate is a salt. Ascorbic acid is an acid. Different things, yet equally good for us as our body will separate those into ions anyway. Tweet