Research Article

Predicting the Stability of Double Fortified Salt by Determining the Coating Quality of the Encapsulated Iron Premix

Table 2

Total iron content and iron release at pH 4 within 2 hrs.

Sample(%) Iron (W/W)Iron release at pH 4 (%)

Premix-115.0 ± 0.4155.3 ± 0.7
Premix-220.5 ± 0.7055.4 ± 0.5
Premix-323.3 ± 1.58565 ± 1.1
Positive control22.7 ± 0.675ND