Product Data
Rev.No.7/5417
GLUCONAL® FE Food
Description
Specification
GLUCONAL FE is the iron (II) salt of gluconic acid. GLUCONAL FE Food is a granulated powder which
has a faint characteristic odor resembling that of burntsugar. The taste is saline at first and then
slightly chalybeate.
Product name
Assay
Iron (III)
Positive test for ferrous
Positive test for gluconate
pH (10 g product + 90 g water)
Loss on drying
Reducing sugars
Heavy metals, as Pb
Chloride
Sulfate
Arsenic (as As)
Lead
Mercury
Cadmium
Oxalic acid
Microbial contamination: TAMC
Microbial contamination: TYMC
Enterobacteriaceae
Salmonella
Ferrous Gluconate 2-Hydrate
granulate
di
granulate
yellowish-grey to pale greenishyellow
97.0-102.0 %
max. 2.0 %
passes test FCC
passes test FCC
4.0-5.5
6.5-10.0 %
passes test FCC
max. 20 ppm
max. 700 ppm
max. 1000 ppm
max. 3 ppm
max. 2 ppm
max. 1 ppm
max. 1 ppm
passes test FCC
max. 1000
max. 100
absent in 1 g
absent in 50 g
Molecular formula
Molecular weight
Chemical name
Solubility in water
Bulk density
(CH2OH(CHOH)4COO)2Fe.2H2O
482.2
D-gluconic acid ferrous salt 2:1
10g /100ml at 20 °C
650-850 kg/m3
CAS number
EEC Additive number
GRAS status
Complies with
299-29-6
E 579
21CFR184.1308
FCC, JECFA, 231/2012/EC
Hydrate form
Form
Color fresh
Physical-chemicalproperties
Registration
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