NCT04510831View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Measuring Dietary Iron Absorption From Edible Insects and Assessing the Effect of Chitin Content on Iron Bioavailability (Study 1)

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

21

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 26, 2020

Primary Completion Date

December 8, 2020

Study Completion Date

December 9, 2020

Conditions
Iron-deficiency
Interventions
OTHER

Refined maize with extrinsic addition of labelled FeSO4

Porridge prepared with refined maize flour with extrinsic addition of FeSO4 (isotopic iron 54)

OTHER

T.molitor native chitin

Porridge prepared with dried intrinsically labelled T.molitor (isotopic iron 57) native chitin, refined maize flour and extrinsic addition FeSO4 (isotopic iron 58)

OTHER

T molitor reduced chitin

Porridge prepared with dried intrinsically labelled T.molitor (isotopic iron 57) reduced chitin, refined maize flour and extrinsic addition FeSO4 (isotopic iron 58)

Trial Locations (1)

8092

ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Human Nutrition, Zurich

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

lead

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

OTHER

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