Why is iron important?

Iron is a part of hemoglobin. The role of hemoglobin is to transport oxygen in the body. Low iron levels in the body can cause fatigue, weakness, feeling short of breath, pale skin, palpitations, dizziness, irritability and, in case of severe iron deficiency, even chest pain. There are many different symptoms and having a certain symptom does not always indicate iron problems.

Iron problems are very common and high-risk groups include women in fertile age, pregnant women, the elderly and children. People who tend to consume a lot of dairy have also higher risk for iron problems due to calcium and also dairy protein casein that decrease iron absorption.

Natural vitamin C

We use natural vitamin C from Acerola in iron tablets and orange juice concentrate in iron syrups. Vitamin C increases iron absorption. Our supplements have just enough of vitamin C to reduce oxidative stress related to free iron that may result in using iron and high amounts of vitamin C together. As the natural vitamin C content is different for every orange juice batch, we don´t bring out the vitamin C content for syrups anymore.

Additive free

The products have been produced without artificial additives, preservatives, food dyes, sweeteners, and do not contain widely used magnesium stearate. All products are free from lactose, casein, yeast, soy, GMO, corn, gelatin, animal byproducts and are gluten–free.

Charity

For every product purchased we donate to a local children´s charity foundation, in Finland 5 cents from every product is donated to Lastenklinikoiden Kummit ry.

Pure ingredients

We only use natural ingredients grown without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Most of our ingredients are organic certified.

Suitable for vegans

As we do not use magnesium stearate or any other animal byproducts, all iron food supplements are also suitable for vegans.

Developed in Estonia

All iron products are developed and tested in Estonia. Liquid iron supplements are produced in Estonia and tablets in Finland.

Iron with nettle and acerola cherry 30 mg, 70 tablets

Superiron with nettle and acerola cherry 60 mg, 70 tablets

Lasten Rautasiirapi

Iron syrup for children with orange, pear and nettle from 6 months, 250 ml, 25 mg/10 ml

DOSAGE

It is usually recommended to take divalent iron food supplements (e.g. iron bisglycinate) in the morning on an empty stomach. Iron can also be used during other times of the day including before going to sleep. Iron should not be taken together with medicine as iron may reduce or increase the efficiency of certain drugs. For people more gentle to iron, iron in bisglycinate form can be taken also with small meals (avoid coffee, tea 1h before and even 2 hours after taking iron and high intake of calcium at the same time with iron). If possible take iron at least 45 minutes before meals or 45 minutes after your last meal. Iron bisglycinate does not react easily with food substances so if needed you can our iron supplements also with light meals.

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Do not take iron with these foods: Coffee, tea, dairy and foods rich in calcium (also oat and soya milk products containing calcium). Caffeine and tannin reduce iron absorption and a lot of calcium also inhibits absorption. You should wait for 4 hours between taking iron and thyroid hormone thyroxine. You can take iron with water or juice (e.g. apple and orange juice neutralize the metal taste of iron very well). All our iron products contain optimized level of natural vitamin C for better iron absorption. Lower optimized levels of vitamin C reduce the oxidative stress caused by iron supplements (high doses of vitamin C and iron may result in free unbind iron that causes oxidative stress to our cells).

Avoid coffee, tea, dairy and foods enriched with calcium 1 hour before and even 2 hours after consuming iron (also when consuming foods rich in iron, not only in case of iron supplements).