Due to the delay in my test launch to next month I have made a balance scale and recrystalized 100g of ascorbic acid from vitamin C supplements.

I'm going to be doing some more development in my weight containers, but the scale itself is accurate to at least 0.05g, far more accurate than my digital scale. Very useful for measuring ingredients in the batch size of 10g or less.

To recrystalyze ascorbic acid from vitamin C supplements, the extra cellulose fiber (making up to 15% of a 1000mg supplement) must be removed.

This is accomplished through dissolving the supplements into water, filtering the solution through a paper towel (three times), and then reducing the solution with heat on the stove to a wet paste. This paste is then transferred to aluminum foil and dried in an oven at 200°F for one hour.

After drying the chunks are ground to a powder in a coffee grinder to a very fine consistency and stored for future use in a Ziploc bag. The final color is an off white light tannish yellow.