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Trial reportNature food2025

Oat protein nanofibril-iron hybrids offer a stable, high-absorption iron delivery platform for iron fortification.

Jiangtao Zhou, Sueppong Gowachirapant, Christophe Zeder, Alexander Wieczorek, Jeannette Nuessli Guth, Ines Kutzli, Sebastian Siol, Ferdinand von Meyenn, Michael B Zimmermann, Raffaele Mezzenga

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jiangtao ZhouLaboratory of Food and Soft Materials, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-2207
Sueppong GowachirapantInstitute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-2534
Christophe ZederLaboratory of Clinical Biopharmacy, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6675-3708
Alexander WieczorekLaboratory for Surface Science and Coating Technologies, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1025-128X
Jeannette Nuessli GuthConsumer Behavior, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-4809-5120
Ines KutzliLaboratory of Food and Soft Materials, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sebastian SiolLaboratory for Surface Science and Coating Technologies, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-6525
Ferdinand von MeyennLaboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-3075
Michael B ZimmermannTranslational Immunology Discovery Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. michael.zimmermann@rdm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4029-1645
Raffaele MezzengaLaboratory of Food and Soft Materials, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. raffaele.mezzenga@hest.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-2610

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron deficiency and anaemia affect two billion people globally. Iron fortification can help to treat anaemia, but most current fortificants are limited by low absorption and/or poor sensory properties. Here we introduce oat protein nanofibrils (OatNF) carrying ultrasmall iron nanoparticles that are engineered to carry iron in ferrous or ferric form. In a prospective cross-over stable-isotope absorption trial in young iron-deficient women (n = 52), OatNF reduced with sodium ascorbate carried mainly ferrous iron and showed high fractional absorption with water and with polyphenol-rich food, showing 1.76- and 1.65-fold higher absorption, respectively, compared with ferrous sulfate. When sodium hydroxide was used as the reducing agent, OatNF carried mainly ferric iron, which was also well absorbed and featured good sensory properties in reactive food matrices. OatNF hybrids offer a plant-based strategy for delivering highly bioavailable iron for food fortification.

Indexed as

Anemia, Iron-DeficiencyAvenaFood, FortifiedIronPlant ProteinsAdultBiological AvailabilityCross-Over StudiesFemaleFerrous CompoundsHumansProspective StudiesYoung AdultFerrous CompoundsIronPlant Proteins

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PMID41214296
PMCPMC12717008

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