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Ferrous Fumarate (EP-BP) Food Use to Enhance Iron in Foods and Dietary Supplements
Product Description
CAS No. : 141-01-5;
Molecular Formula: C4H2FeO4;
Molecular Weight: 169.9;
Quality standard:Standard: FCC/USP;
Product Code: RC.03.04.190346
Features
Ferrous fumarate is a typical iron poduct used in the foods and dietary supplements such as flour fortification; it has different particle sizes as 80mes; 120mesh;140mesh etc.
Application
Ferrous fumarate is a type of iron that's used as a medicine to treat and prevent iron deficiency anaemia.
Iron helps the body to make healthy red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body. Some things such as blood loss, pregnancy or too little iron in your diet can make your iron supply drop too low, leading to anaemia.
Ferrous fumarate comes as tablets, capsules; nutritional foods or as a liquid that you swallow.
Parameters
| Chemical-Physical Parameters |
RICHEN |
Typical Value |
| Identification |
Positive |
Positive |
| Assay C4H2FeO4 （calculated on the dried basis） |
93 . 0%- 101 . 0% |
0.937 |
| Mercury(Hg) |
Max . 1mg/kg |
0.1 |
| Loss on Drying |
Max . 1 . 0% |
0.5% |
| Sulfate |
Max . 0 . 2% |
0.05% |
| Ferric Iron |
Max . 2 . 0% |
0.1% |
| Lead(Pb) |
Max . 20mg/kg |
0.8mg/kg |
| Arsenic(As) |
Max . 5mg/kg |
0.3mg/kg |
| Cadmium(Cd) |
Max . 10mg/kg |
0.1mg/kg |
| Chromium(Cr) |
Max . 200mg/kg |
30 |
| Nickel(Ni) |
Max . 200mg/kg |
30 |
| Zinc(Zn) |
Max . 500mg/kg |
200 |
| Microbiological Parameters |
RICHEN |
Typical Value |
| Total plate count |
Max . 1000cfu/g |
＜10cfu/g |
| Yeasts and Moulds |
Max . 100cfu/g |
＜10cfu/g |
| Coliforms |
Max . 40cfu/g |
＜10cfu/g |
