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NUTRIENTS
Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu12092776
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iron-casein complex; ferrous sulfate; micronized ferric pyrophosphate; solubility; dissociation; bioaccessibility; Caco-2 cell culture model
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- Societe des Produits Nestle
- Nestle Products and Technological Center, Konolfingen, Switzerland
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A new iron-casein complex (ICC) has been developed for iron (Fe) fortification of dairy matrices. The objective was to assess the impact of ascorbic acid (AA) on its in vitro bioavailability in comparison with ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) and ferric pyrophosphate (FePP). A simulated digestion coupled with the Caco-2 cell culture model was used in parallel with solubility and dissociation tests. Under diluted acidic conditions, the ICC was as soluble as FeSO4, but only part of the iron was found to dissociate from the caseins, indicating that the ICC was an iron chelate. The Caco-2 cell results in milk showed that the addition of AA (2:1 molar ratio) enhanced iron uptake from the ICCs and FeSO(4)to a similar level (p= 0.582;p= 0.852) and to a significantly higher level than that from FePP (p< 0.01). This translated into a relative in vitro bioavailability to FeSO(4)of 36% for FePP and 114 and 104% for the two ICCs. Similar results were obtained from water. Increasing the AA to iron molar ratio (4:1 molar ratio) had no additional effect on the ICCs and FePP. However, ICC absorption remained similar to that from FeSO4(p= 0.666;p= 0.113), and was still significantly higher than that from FePP (p< 0.003). Therefore, even though iron from ICC does not fully dissociate under gastric digestion, iron uptake suggested that ICCs are absorbed to a similar amount as FeSO(4)in the presence of AA and thus provide an excellent source of iron.
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