5 times higher absorption in the body than ascorbic acid - but not 5 times more costly. Calcium ascorbate is the calcium salt of ascorbic acid. A superior and more expensive form of vitamin C than ascorbic acid. Acid-neutral and easier for the body to absorb.
This is the Vitamin C (Calcium Ascorbate) that the discoverer of Vitamin C himself used in the research that led to a Nobel Prize. The finest Vitamin C.