Iron fortified cereal became common in 1941 in an effort to help battle nutritional deficiencies like anemia. ... You can learn more about why your cereal contains "metal" below.

Like many metals, iron is magnetic, so if you have a strong enough magnet, ... But we are going to find a way to remove—or "extract"—the iron from that cereal and pick it up with a magnet.

Adams, Mike. "Wheaties cereal found to contain so many metal fragments that they can be levitated with magnets." Natural News. 23 January 2014.

Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds cereal has been issued with a Class 2 recall for potentially containing foreign metal ...

Manufacturer confuses the chemical symbol for iron with iridium. By Ben Lee Published: 10 February 2013 A cereal box has accidentally stated that the food is an excellent source of iridium.

You can meet the daily iron requirements by eating plant- and animal-based food sources, along with fortified breakfast cereals. Sources can include spinach, lentils, and clams. Clams are one of ...

Consumer Reports’ testing into heavy metals in baby food shows concerning levels of cadmium, inorganic arsenic, and lead in many popular baby and toddler foods.

By law, iron fortified infant cereals are mandated by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to be fortified with between 20 to 50mg iron per 100g dry weight, meaning there's a high percentage of ...