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Ascorbic acid

Purpose on the label: Moisturizer

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Quick answers

What is Ascorbic acid used for?
The Drug Facts label of Skin Renewing Serum (Guangzhou Danting Bath&Body Care Industry Co. Ltd) lists these uses: Apply evenly to face and neck daily..
Do I need a prescription for Ascorbic acid?
No, the products on this page are sold without a prescription. Other products with the same active ingredient need a prescription (often a higher strength or another form): see the prescription page.
Is a store brand the same as the name brand?
Products listed together below have the same active ingredient, in the same amount and the same form, as registered with the FDA. Inactive ingredients (such as colors, flavors and fillers) and package sizes can differ. Compare the “Active ingredient” box on both packages, and ask a pharmacist if you are not sure.
Has Ascorbic acid been recalled?
No recall linked to these products appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

Also sold by prescription (often at a higher strength or in another form): Ascorbic acid — prescription medicine

Drug Facts label

Every over-the-counter medicine must carry a “Drug Facts” box in the same order, set by FDA rules. Below is the label of one product for each common strength and form, quoted word for word. Your own package can differ (for example, children’s products have other directions): always follow the label on your package.

Skin Renewing Serum · Guangzhou Danting Bath&Body Care Industry Co. Ltd

Ascorbic acid 100 mg/mL, cream (topical)

Active ingredient

Ascorbic Acid 10%

Purpose

Moisturizer

Uses

Apply evenly to face and neck daily.

Warnings

If contact with eyes occurs, rinse thoroughly with water. Avoid eye area

Directions

To brighten skin, hydrate, and moisturize

— FDA label of Skin Renewing Serum, Guangzhou Danting Bath&Body Care Industry Co. Ltd, effective August 23, 2025. See the official label on DailyMed →

Super vitamin C serum · FlexiGo Inc

Ascorbic acid 5.5%, liquid (topical)

Active ingredient

OTC-ACTIVE INGREDIENT SECTION

Purpose

OTC-PURPOSE SECTION

Uses

& USAGE SECTION

Warnings

SECTION OTC-DO NOT USE SECTION OTC-WHEN USING OTC-STOP USE SECTION OTC-KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Directions

DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION SECTION

Inactive ingredients

SECTION

— FDA label of Super vitamin C serum, FlexiGo Inc, effective October 22, 2025. See the official label on DailyMed →

This page is not medical advice. Read the label on your package, and ask a pharmacist or doctor if you are not sure a medicine is right for you, for your child, or with your other medicines.

Same medicine, other brands

Each group lists the products that have exactly the same active ingredient, in the same amount and form, as registered with the FDA (NDC Directory). A store brand in the same group has the same medicine as the name brand; inactive ingredients, flavors and package sizes can differ. Each product links to its own official label.

Ascorbic acid 100 mg/mL · cream (topical) · 1 product

Drug Facts for this strength and form ↑

Brand or product nameCompany on the labelLabel
Skin Renewing Serum Guangzhou Danting Bath&Body Care Industry Co. Ltd DailyMed
Ascorbic acid 5.5% · liquid (topical) · 1 product

Drug Facts for this strength and form ↑

Brand or product nameCompany on the labelLabel
Super vitamin C serum FlexiGo Inc DailyMed

Companies that sell this medicine

The company named on the package (maker or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of over-the-counter products of this medicine.

  • Guangzhou Danting Bath&Body Care Industry Co. Ltd1 product
  • FlexiGo Inc1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to these products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.

Sources

  1. Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  4. FDA rule for the Drug Facts label (21 CFR 201.66)

Only medicines marketed under FDA rules for nonprescription drugs (an FDA monograph or an FDA approval) are listed. Homeopathic products are not listed: the FDA does not evaluate them for safety or effectiveness.

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