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Home › Product Development › Jost Iron products for Food & Dietary Supplements
Jost Iron products for Food & Dietary Supplements

Jost Iron products for Food & Dietary Supplements

Product Development  Mar 26, 2019

Iron is an essential component of hemoglobin, an erythrocyte protein that transfers oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. As a component of myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles, iron supports metabolism. Iron is also necessary for growth, development, normal cellular functioning, and synthesis of some hormones and connective tissue.

 

Most of the 3 to 4 grams of elemental iron in adults is in hemoglobin which is the compound that transmits oxygen in the blood to the cells. Much of the remaining iron is stored in the form of ferritin or hemosiderin (a degradation product of ferritin) in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow or is located in myoglobin in muscle tissue. Humans typically lose only small amounts of iron in urine, feces, the gastrointestinal tract, and skin. Losses are greater in menstruating women because of blood loss.

 

Iron is a mineral that is naturally present in many foods, added to some food products, and available as a dietary supplement. Jost Chemical manufactures several compendial grades of iron suitable for food and dietary supplements, including:

 

  • Ferrous Sulfate
  • Ferric Ammonium Citrate
  • Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate
  • Ferric Phosphate
  • Ferrous Gluconate
  • Ferrous Lactate
  • Ferrous Citrate Dibasic
  • Ferric Citrate x-Hydrate
  • Ferric SubSulfate

 

See a full list of Jost Iron product offerings here.

 

Jost Chemical Products — Iron

Salt Solubility %1 Metal Content % Taste
Ferric Ammonium Citrate Brown Very soluble 16.5–18.5 Strong
Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate Hexahydrate 20–34.270 13.5–14.2 Strong
Ferrous Gluconate Dihydrate 928–6080 USP 10.9-11.9
EP 11.8–12.5
Salty, bitter
Ferrous Lactate Dihydrate 2–8.5100 20.1–20.8 Mild
Ferrous Fumarate Anhydrous 0.14 30.3–33.2 Neutral
Ferrous Citrate Dibasic Monohydrate Insoluble 20.0–22.0 Mild
Ferric Citrate x-Hydrate Insoluble 16.5–20.0 Mild
Ferric Phosphate Hydrate Insoluble 26.0–32.0 Slightly sour, stings
1 Superscript is test temperature; if no superscript, 25ºC.

 

Jost Chemical also manufactures Iron encapsulated products:

  • Ferrous Fumarate 60% – Product Code 7360
  • Ferrous Sulfate Dried 60% – Product Code 7391
  • Reduced Iron 70% – Product Code 7380

 

Read more about how Jost Chemical’s mineral salts, such as copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, and zinc, support healthy living—in this white paper: The Importance of Minerals in the Long Term Health of Humans.

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