The heme iron in meat is absorbed better than the non-heme iron in iron supplements, but Impossible Burger has heme iron. It’s very frustrating that this biotech advance of in vitro heme production is so far only used for this specific brand of meat substitutes but that’s the situation. I’m not sure why iron supplements didn’t work for you, as that same paper shows that even non-heme iron is absorbed well when blood iron is low, but maybe it depends on the individual? In any case, and I promise the company isn’t paying me to say this, I recommend Impossible burgers to vegans. It has to be this specific brand, they have the patent. There was another company with a heme production patent but they recently shut down.
Why do you care about how effectively the iron in iron supplements gets absorbed? The iron that’s not absorbed just gets flashed out. Can’t you just supplement more to get what you need?
I’m replying to a post that said they lacked energy despite iron supplementation. Maybe it wasn’t iron deficiency, or maybe it could have been solved by raising the supplement dose, I don’t know, but if it was iron deficiency and the supplements weren’t helping then it’s good to know you can get iron in the same form as in meat from Impossible burgers.
The heme iron in meat is absorbed better than the non-heme iron in iron supplements, but Impossible Burger has heme iron. It’s very frustrating that this biotech advance of in vitro heme production is so far only used for this specific brand of meat substitutes but that’s the situation. I’m not sure why iron supplements didn’t work for you, as that same paper shows that even non-heme iron is absorbed well when blood iron is low, but maybe it depends on the individual? In any case, and I promise the company isn’t paying me to say this, I recommend Impossible burgers to vegans. It has to be this specific brand, they have the patent. There was another company with a heme production patent but they recently shut down.
Why do you care about how effectively the iron in iron supplements gets absorbed? The iron that’s not absorbed just gets flashed out. Can’t you just supplement more to get what you need?
I’m replying to a post that said they lacked energy despite iron supplementation. Maybe it wasn’t iron deficiency, or maybe it could have been solved by raising the supplement dose, I don’t know, but if it was iron deficiency and the supplements weren’t helping then it’s good to know you can get iron in the same form as in meat from Impossible burgers.
short answer: no. Possibly because of hepcidin.