Cooked cereal ingredient-containing products fortified with edta/iron compositions and methods for use

摘要

The invention provides for a cooked cereal ingredient-containing product fortified with a composition comprising an EDTA source and an iron source that is other than ferric EDTA. The cooked cereal ingredient-containing product comprises about 1.5 to about 18 mg of total iron from the combination of the iron source and the EDTA source per ounce of said cooked cereal ingredient-containing product, and preferably comprises 2.5 to 8.5 mg of total iron per ounce. The invention also provides for a method to prevent or treat iron-deficiency anemia by administering an iron/EDTA fortified cooked cereal ingredient-containing product. The molar ratio of EDTA:iron is in the range of 1:1 to 1:4.