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China’s grip on key food additive – Vitamin C

Vitamin C prices have spiked this year. China controls 80 percent of the market.

A sharp rise in the international price of vitamin C is focusing fresh attention on the risks of the world’s growing dependence on China for essential food supplies and additives.

By Ron Scherer and Peter Ford | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0720/p01s01-woap.html?s=hns

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