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Do you know what Fortified with Iron on cereal packets mean, Put a magnet on a box of cereal and find out....shake the box as you do it :)

They put food grade powered iron in the cereal boxes to Fortify the food...:) 

Posted - November 10, 2019
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  • 13395
    The cereal won't stick to the magnet so either it must be fake iron or else it's gotten rusty.

    Nails have a lot of iron so just cut and file your fingernails over your cereal before eating.  This post was edited by Kittigate at November 11, 2019 7:37 AM MST
      November 10, 2019 10:28 PM MST
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  • 14795
    They all have food grade iron dust in boxes of cereal....just put a magnet on the bag and shake any cereal that states that it's fortified ..:) 
      November 11, 2019 3:50 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Iron in food is in mineral form, not metal, so putting a magnet on a box of cereal and expecting some kind of magnetic energy is actually kind of dumb.
      November 10, 2019 10:32 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Just try it and see...
      November 11, 2019 3:51 AM MST
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  • 14795
    Type it into google ,there is lots of info about it....a strong magnet is all you need ....
      November 11, 2019 5:28 AM MST
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  • 46117
    It's a load of hooey.  You don't get much iron or any nutrients from any fractionated product like cereal.  So, if you want iron, eat some beets. Eat them organic and eat them raw.  That is the way to get iron.  Not from Cap'n Crunch Cereal.  


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 11, 2019 7:38 AM MST
      November 10, 2019 10:35 PM MST
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  • 16794
    Keep your beets, I'll have a kangaroo steak. Haem iron is the only kind the body can readily metabolize.
      November 10, 2019 10:51 PM MST
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  • 10026
    I love beets.  Bad for your "white" cleansing teeth hygiene and bad for your countertops if you are as messy as I but great for your innards.
    Lessons I learned from loving beets:
    Brush and don't be a slob.
    :) :)
      November 11, 2019 12:22 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I juice a lot of them and they help me a LOT.  Lots of good energy.  
      November 11, 2019 12:24 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Do you know what I just learned as well?  Pumpkin is high in protein. Who knew?
    Being that I a few of those lovely squashes still hanging around our house, I was thinking of making pumpkin soup.  I wonder how it would be if I added some beets?
    Talk about healthy and filling!  Maybe we should try?
    Totally off the subject of the question.  Sorry.  It came to mind and my fingers started talking. 
    :) ;)
      November 11, 2019 12:28 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I am eating papitas right now which is the pumpkin seed. They have more than protein.  They help with cancer. Prostate Cancer.  
      November 11, 2019 1:13 PM MST
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  • 44620
    Uh...you don't have a prostate gland. Why would you care about men?
      November 11, 2019 6:44 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Iron in cereal?  The only way I can think of to get iron in cereal is raisin bran.
    My mom told me raisins have iron in them and I believe her.
      November 11, 2019 12:46 AM MST
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  • 5354
    At least the raisins taste better But still not pure enough iron to interest a magnet. This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at November 11, 2019 7:38 AM MST
      November 11, 2019 1:23 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Giggles!
    I hope not!
    Think of all the dilemmas that would be in store for us who love raisins?!
       We'd have magnetic personalities, for sure! ;) :)

      November 11, 2019 1:39 AM MST
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  • 44620
    Those who disagree should try it. I have (It's an old science demo.) The iron rapidly reacts with stomach acid (HCl) to form iron chloride. (I don't know which one.)

      November 11, 2019 7:45 AM MST
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  • 6988
    I once found a one inch crating staple in my box of Post cereal. I sent it back to them hoping I could get something back, but nothing. I figured I must be 'The Man of Steel.'
      November 11, 2019 8:06 AM MST
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