ConsumerLab.com
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Seventeen of 19 iron supplements pass tests for label accuracy, disintegration rate and lead levels, online firm announces Oct. 3. Passing products included SmithKline Beecham's Feosol Ferrous Sulfate (65 mg), Novartis' Slow Fe Slow Release Iron (50 mg) and Twinlab's eponymous Iron Caps (18 mg). One failing product, which was marketed specifically to women, "contained lead at a level in excess of .5 mcg per daily serving," while another contained only 19.7 mg of claimed 27 mg on the label. ConsumerLab expects to release nutrition bar results later this month
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