FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.
SUBSTANCE: present invention refers to an oral food additive which contains anhydrous ferric pyrophosphate, ferric pyrophosphate monohydrate or nonahydrate and copper citrate. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said additive and using it for balanced iron intake in the patient.
EFFECT: additive under the invention has no unpleasant metal taste even in the absence of flavouring and taste masking ingredients.
19 cl, 4 ex
