Full-text (PDF) | 1.1 Scope and purpose of the document: The purpose of this document is to assess, evaluate, and give guidance on the role of elemental speciation and speciation analysis in hazard and risk assessment, rather than to present a review of each element and its speciation. The effects...
Iron in plant foods such as lentils, beans, and spinach is nonheme iron. This is the form of iron added to iron-enriched and iron-fortified foods. Our bodies are less efficient at absorbing nonheme iron, but most dietary iron is nonheme iron. 1  1.
Basic Description. Probably the best known nutrition fact about iron is that meatsâparticularly red meatsâare rich in iron. You will see some familiar animal foods on our list of iron sources below. While this is true, it is also true that a number of plant foods are also rich in iron.