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Types of food Grade Iron produced by IMP for the Food Industries

With low heavy metals, IMP can tailor the products based on your applications, reducing particular impurities, and providing a tailored particle size distribution. Our high-purity iron powders (>99.5%) make us the first choice of reference in nutritional supplements, oxygen absorbers, cosmetics, chemical & Food Industry. worldwide. Our high purity iron consistently complies with the strict Food Industry requirements in all batches of operation. The vacuum-packed high-purity iron powders from IMP, being very stable products, are the most renowned powders in the various industries.

Electrolytic iron powder

The electrolytic iron powder produced by IMP, using the intricate process of electro-deposition, is the world’s most absolute and purest form of iron, comprising more than 99.5% of iron content. The characteristic properties that make it one of the best solutions for food, oxygen absorber, cosmetics and other industries are

  • Purity up to 99.9%
  • Meet FCC specifications
  • Approved iron form for nutritional supplements across the globe.
  • Made under FSSC 22000
  • Eco-friendly product
  • Cost-effective
  • Excellent replacement for expensive fine powders
  • Batch-to-batch consistency
  • Available in different mesh sizes
  • Excellent shelf life
  • Excellent surface area
  • Excellent reactivity
  • Available in bulk quantity when required

Uses: Nutritional supplements, API’s and Bulk drugs, Chemical, Oxygen Absorbers, Paint, Magnetic Rubbers etc.

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Reduced iron powder

IMP’s Reduced Iron Powder, 99.5% pure, plays a vital role in the Food Industry. Its several unique properties make it an ideal solution for the industry such as

  • Highly pure with more than 99% iron content
  • Excellent bioavailability
  • Exceeds FCC specifications
  • No sensory issues
  • Easy to mix or blend
  • Highly stable
  • Two years shelf life under packing conditions
  • Easy to test and does not require any specific instrument for testing
  • Most cost competitive as compared to all other iron compounds
  • Highly stable & no weather issues
  • Brings no changes in color, taste and appearance in the product to which it is mixed
  • No oxidation problems

Uses: Nutritional supplements, API’s and Bulk drugs, Chemical, Oxygen Absorbers, Cosmetics etc.

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Nutritional Applications of iron powder

Nutritional Applications in the arena of flour / food fortification, iron salts and pharmaceuticals demand the best of iron powders with unsurpassed quality, stability, and safety. Thanks to the cost effective process backed up by 42 years of research and development activities, Industrial Metal Powder (I) Pvt. Ltd. offers ‘Electro-Fine’, an enhanced electrolytic iron powder for food supplements, vitamin fortification, and replenishment.

Food fortification

World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended only the usage of electrolytic iron powder amongst all elemental iron powders in food fortification. With excellent bio availability, high surface area, long shelf life, better dissolution rate, and optimum particle size distribution, our electrolytic iron powder is the best solution for food fortification and other nutritional Applications. Moreover, our electrolytic iron powder does not change color, taste, and odor of the premix material and hence it is being gladly accepted by food industries across the globe. Products, where long shelf life is needed EIP, is the only option.

Ferrous salts

For production of high purity ferrous salts, our high purity electrolytic iron powder forms the first reference materials for manufacturers involved in the production of ferrous salts such as sulfate, fumarate, choride, and gluconate. Available in 100 mesh size to extra fine grades (2-3 microns), it is the most cost effective solution for industries who seek products that meet FCC and FSSAI standards. As the world moves towards higher purity.

Flour fortification with the preferred elemental iron powder – electrolytic iron powder

Ordinary Elemental Iron Powders are having very poor bio availability and low purity. So in actual your CUSTOMER is not getting the iron from the flour even though you have PAID for it.

As per the Latest Guidelines published by WHO (World Health Organization) only Electrolytic iron powder is the recommended elemental iron for fortification

  • Most of the ordinary Reduced Iron / Atomized Iron are just having half the bio availability of Electrolytic Iron.
  • ‘Electro-Fine’ is an enhanced electrolytic iron powder from Industrial Metal Powders (India) Pvt. Ltd. It is the latest product that is COST EFFECTIVE, BACKED BY 42 YEARS OF R & D And huge Experience and a PRODUCT INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WITH EASY AVAILABILITY.
  • Electrolytic is basically a process of purification hence you definitely get a better and purer product.

Why Flour Fortification?

We all know that flour is the staple diet in more than 180 countries worldwide since several people do not have access to divers’ food supplements, flour is the cheapest and best source of diet and the best mode for vitamin fortification or replenishment. Also while milling, flour loses most of its vitamins and nutritional value.

Particle Size, Shape and surface area

Electro – Fine has very fine particle as you can see from the adjoining table also the excellent particle shape and high surface area contribute to better dissolution rate and higher RBV.

Cost
Effective

Electrolytic iron ‘Electro – Fine’ is a premium product, however IMP has been able to offer this premium product at extremely competitive prices to benefit the premix compliance in making the premix cost effective, the flour millers in making their burden of flour cost lower and friendly the consumers who is getting and well enriched product at affordable costs.

How to Recognize the Elemental iron in your flour?

  • Using a magnet remove the iron from the flour.
  • Compare the SEM Picture of this iron with the recommended Stipulated iron.
  • Ask for the COA (AND INVOICE OR CERTIFIED COPY TO ASCERTAIN THE SUPPLY) of the supplier for the elemental iron supply.

Advantage of Electro-fine in Flour

  • Flour Quality & Organoleptic Changes: “Electro – Fine electrolytic iron powder MOA is stable and safe as it does not affect the quality of the flour by reacting in diverse climatic conditions like heat and humidity.
  • Color & Taste: Being a stable product ‘Electro – Fine does not show any adverse effects when mixed with the flour.
  • Higher Shelf Life: – ‘Electro-Fine’ enriched flour have a good shelf life especially in conditions where storage and usage of flour are a matter of concern.
  • Product Assurance: ‘Electro – Fine’ comes with quality. Purity and assurance from IMP. It is vacuum packed which helps it from being oxidized and it remain pure and safe.

BENEFITS TO THE PREMIX MAKER, FLOUR MILLER AND TO THE CONSUMER:

Basically Electro-Fine of IMP is very cost competitive.

    • Cheaper than other elemental iron if you take into account costs on basis of Bio availability and Purity.
    • Excellent Shelf Life. We vacuum pack the material.
    • Also the flour with our powder has better shelf life than most of the other iron fortificant.
    • High Purity. 99.5% Pure Iron
    • Excellent Dissolution Rate and Bio availability.
    • Finest Particle size and particle size Distribution. FINER the particle size, better the bio availability and easier mixing.
    • Higher shelf life for the flour with Electro-Fine.
    • Better performance in diverse climatic condition.
    • Stability and no adverse effects on flour color or taste.
    • Specifications even better than the recommended FCC specifications.
    • 40 Years of Technical Expertise and Distribution Worldwide by INDUSTRIAL METAL POWDERS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.
    • Strongly focused and single product company since 1974.

GIVE YOUR CUSTOMER BETTER AND MORE ENRICHING FLOUR


Iron fortificant
Iron Content
Bioavailability
Ferrous Sulfate 32 .0% 100 %
Reduced/atomized
Iron<		 97.0 % half of
electrolytic
Electrolytic
Iron		 99.5 % 75 %

 

Sodium iron EDTA contain only 13% iron and is very EXPENSIVE.

Ferrous Sulfate is known for its high reactive nature and poor shelf life of the Flour.

If you are convinced then please ask your premix supplier to contact us for Electro-Fine or write to us for more details.

“ELECTRO-FINE”-QUALITY AT COMPETITIVE PRICE BACKED BY GREAT SERVICE & EXPERIENCE.”

Iron Salts

Being high purity, electrolytic iron is the first reference for ferrous salts manufacturer in the world.Electrolytic iron powder is using for producing ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate, ammonium ferrous citrate, iron pallets, iron gluconate, Ferric Chloride etc. Its high purity, batch to batch consistency helps end user to increase their productivity. All the grades of electrolytic iron powder meets FCC specifications chemically.

Benefits of electrolytic iron powders

  • High Purity 99.5% min Fe
  • Excellent solubility.
  • Batch to batch consistency in physical and chemicals properties
  • Meets FCC specs and FSSAI registered products.
  • Available from 100# to extra fine grades (2-3 micron).
  • Most cost effective solution available.
  • More iron lesser volume
  • Highly stable and no weather issues.
  • 3 years shelf life in vacuum pack condition & RH below 40%.

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    Why should you prefer IMP for high-purity iron?

    There is a growing demand for high-purity iron for various industries. Industrial Metal Powders (India) Pvt Ltd is the leading manufacturer of high-purity iron in the world and is capable of meeting this growing demand effectively. There are several factors that have made IMP the global leader in high-purity iron powders.

    Let’s have a look at some of them.

    • More than 50 years of experience
    • Established export to more than 35 countries worldwide
    • Committed to providing the best solution for the global requirement of high-purity iron powders
    • State-of-the-art lab and manufacturing unit
    • ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certified
    • First FSSC 22000 certified company in the world for Iron.
    • Maintains batch-to-batch consistency
    • Capacity to supply any quantity in any given time.
    • Following all international regulation and standards.
    • Working for society to create better environment in and out around areas.
    • Green company.

    Quality, service, employee welfare, customer relationships, and the environment are all important to IMP. Our relationships with customers and partners are based on trust. People associating with us, stick with us for a long time.

    IMP participates regularly in CPHI to contribute the best ingredients for the Food Industry.

    Contact IMP for your need for stable and pure form of iron.