Bioavailability of Elemental Iron Powders to Rats Is Less than Bakery-Grade Ferrous Sulfate and Predicted by Iron Solubility and Particle Surface Area

Foods are fortified with elemental forms of iron to reduce iron deficiency. However, the nutritional efficacy of current, commercially produced elemental iron powders has not been verified. We determined the bioavailability of six commercial elemental iron powders and examined how physicochemistry i...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of nutrition 2003-11, Vol.133 (11), p.3546-3552
Hauptverfasser: Swain, James H., Newman, Samuel M., Hunt, Janet R.
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