Bioavailability in infants of iron from infant cereals: effect of dephytinization
1997
Davidsson, L. | Galán, P. | Cherouvrier, F. | Kastenmayer, P. | Juillerat, M.A. | Hercberg, S. | Hurrell, R.F.
Iron bioavailability from an infant cereal made of wheat flour with a low extraction rate (70%) and cow milk was measured in infants by using a stable-isotope technique. A dephytinized infant cereal was prepared by adding commercial phytase during manufacture, resulting in degradation of 88% of the native physic acid. Paired comparisons were made to evaluate the effect of physic acid on iron bioavailability. Both infant cereals contained identical amounts of ascorbic acid and had a molar ratio of ascorbic acid to iron of 2:1. Iron was added as ferrous sulfate. No difference in iron bioavailability was observed in this study; the geometric mean was 8.7% (range: 3.8-16.9%) and 8.5% (range: 3.4-21.4%) from the cereal with native physic acid (0.08% phytic acid) and the dephytinized cereal (0.01% phytic acid), respectively. Dephytinization of infant cereals containing a relatively low native phytic acid content and high amounts of ascorbic acid is thus unnecessary to ensure adequate bioavailability of iron.
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