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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J. Leusner, Orono, MN (US);
Arthur J. Friedman, Deerfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/304 ;
Abstract
Sodium-free iron II EDTA complexes useful for the preparation of iron-fortified processed foods are described. The complexes are prepared from water soluble ferrous salts and EDTA.Na H , EDTA.Na Ca, EDTA.Na Mg and EDTA.2(NH )H . The iron complexes can be combined with nutritional and/or non-nutritional diluents or carriers to formulate food additive iron-fortificant compositions. Iron fortified processed foods are prepared by supplementing recipes for unfortified food products with the ferrous iron EDTA complexes alone or as a component of a multicomponent food additive composition.