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Testing for iron in cranberry juice


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Use a strong magnet! Really! It will pick up the iron in the food in most cases. You might want to use a silver coated magnet like a "cow" magnet for it will show the tiny iron particles better. We use this method all the time with fairly good results. Qualitative rather than quantitative, of course.

Steve Sample


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