Ferrous Bis Glycinate

About Ferrous Bis Glycinate

Ferrous bisglycinate is a chelate that is used as a source of dietary iron. Forming a ring structure when reacting with glycine, ferrous bisglycinate acts as both a chelate and a nutritionally functional.

This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as alpha amino acids. These are amino acids in which the amino group is attached to the carbon atom immediately adjacent to the carboxylate group (alpha carbon).

Ferrous bisglycinate is expoited in foods for food enrichment or in supplements for the treatment of iron deficiency(ID) or iron deficiency anemia(IDA).

Studies demonstrate that a daily dose of 25 mg ferrous iron as bisglycinate from 15–19 weeks of gestation in healthy women with a normal pregnancy matches the effect of 50 mg ferrous iron as sulfate in the prophylaxis of ID and IDA.

Ferrous iron chelates such as ferrous bisglycinate (Aminojern®) appear to have at least two-fold higher biovailability/absorption compared to “conventional” iron salts, e.g., ferrous sulfate and ferrous fumarate.