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Nestlé study identifies novel iron form for difficult-to-fortify products

Iron picolinate may be a solution for difficult-to-fortify foods like yogurt containing fruit, says a new study from Nestlé Research and ETH Zurich. Writing in the European Journal of Nutrition​, the Switzerland-based scientists report that the bioavailability of iron from iron picolinate was similar to that observed for iron sulfate. “Iron fortification of complementary food can […]