BIOVIT Iron
Natural source: Curry Leaf
Natural Iron from curry leaf, the taste-neutral alternative to ferrous fumarate
Iron is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies globally, and one of the hardest to fortify cleanly. Synthetic forms carry metallic taste and tolerance issues; BIOVIT's curry leaf extract (BI093 organic, BI094 natural) delivers 3,000 mg of Iron per 100g within the leaf's natural food matrix, taste-neutral at typical inclusion rates.
Organic and natural variants both GB and EU compliant, and direct one-to-one replacements for synthetic ferrous sulphate and ferrous fumarate across women's health, plant-based, and meat-alternative ranges.
Specified by leading UK manufacturers, with samples dispatched within a week and reformulation support included.
Technical Specification
Full technical data for product codes BI093 (Organic) and BI094 (Natural). For tailored documentation or a sample, get in touch with the team.
From meat alternatives to women's health supplements
Iron is the nutrient with the clearest gap in plant-based and women's health formulation, where synthetic forms fall short on taste, tolerance, and label cleanliness. Three categories where curry leaf Iron lands strongest.
Meat Replacements
The single most-watched nutrient in the plant-based meat category. Curry leaf Iron delivers the EFSA energy and red-blood-cell claims without the metallic taste profile that ferrous sulphate brings to meat-analogue formats.
Supplements
Women's health, prenatal, and everyday Iron supplements where curry leaf delivers naturally-bound Iron in a food-form matrix. The negligible 0.07 g inclusion rate sits comfortably in capsules, tablets, and powders.
Plant-Based Dairy
A clean fortification match for oat, soy, and almond milks where Iron and B12 fortification is increasingly the spec. Pairs naturally with B12 and Folate for women's health and prenatal-positioned ranges.
See how it works in your formulation
Samples dispatched within a week. Reformulation support included.
Frequently asked questions
Buyer and formulator questions on specifying curry leaf Iron, covering bioavailability against synthetic forms, taste profile, declaration, and EFSA claim coverage.
Iron was one of eight micronutrients measured in BIOVIT's 30-day human intervention trial at Swansea University (61 volunteers, UKRI-funded, led by Prof Richard Bracken). The trial confirmed equivalent bioavailability between the natural and synthetic groups across the nutrients measured, supporting the position that curry leaf Iron performs in line with synthetic ferrous forms.
At typical inclusion rates (0.07 to 0.14 g per portion), curry leaf Iron is taste-neutral across most formats. That sidesteps the metallic taste profile commonly associated with ferrous sulphate and ferrous fumarate, particularly in beverages, dairy alternatives, and meat-replacement applications where taste sensitivity is highest.
"Organic curry leaf extract" for the organic variant (BI093), or "Curry leaf extract" for the natural variant (BI094). Both read as recognisable food ingredients, far cleaner than "ferrous sulphate" or "ferrous fumarate" on a label.
Both variants provide the same 3,000 mg/100g Iron content and identical performance characteristics. The organic variant (BI093) carries Soil Association Organic certification for ranges where organic accreditation matters; the natural variant (BI094) is the choice where organic certification is not specified.
0.07 g per portion for "Source of", 0.14 g for "High in". For a precise cost figure in your formulation, get in touch with the team.
Samples and commercial orders are dispatched within around a week of order confirmation, with full technical documentation included. The MOQ is 1 kg on standard powder format. Bespoke formats and pack sizes available on request.
Yes. Every wholesale order comes with full reformulation support from BIOVIT's Head of Nutrition, Eiméar Sutton RNutr MSc. That includes equivalence mapping against your incumbent ferrous form, inclusion-rate modelling, and on-pack claim wording aligned to GB and EU regulation.
Iron contributes to the following EU-authorised health claims under EFSA Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006:
Normal cognitive function
Normal energy-yielding metabolism
Normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin
Normal oxygen transport in the body
Normal function of the immune system
Reduction of tiredness and fatigue
Has a role in the process of cell division
Normal cognitive development of children
Reformulation support is included
Every BIOVIT wholesale order comes with full technical reformulation support at no extra cost, giving your NPD and technical teams direct access to a qualified nutritionist from brief to production.
Eiméar Sutton (RNutr MSc), our Head of Nutrition, leads the technical work on every account: equivalence mapping against your incumbent synthetic, inclusion-rate modelling, on-pack claim wording aligned to GB and EU regulation, and the small details that decide whether a synthetic-to-natural switch lands cleanly on the production line.
The result: shorter development cycles, fewer reformulation rounds, and a finished product your commercial team can stand behind.
