Iron Rich Foods Experiment Substitute

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Iron Rich Foods Experiment Substitute

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Hello,
I am conducting the experiment where different solutions are used to dissolve the iron in almond meal, and see which solution dissolves the iron the fastest. I am allergic to almond and would like to know if coconut meal would be an acceptable substitute. Coconut meal actually contains more iron than Almond meal.
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Re: Iron Rich Foods Experiment Substitute

Post by SciB »

Hi,

The materials section suggests using wheat germ if you can't use almond meal: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... #materials

If coconut has more iron than almond meal then it should work, but you might want to also get some wheatgerm as a back-up just in case.

Let us know how it turns out.

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