Iron in cornflakes?

Does cereal keep its advertised promise?

Author: Gerben S., Beernem, Belgium

Online since: 29/07/2009, Number of visits: 343285

The labels of cereal boxes often state "contains vitamins and iron". If this holds true for the iron can be easily tested with magnets.

Required utensils

a white sheet of paper
a bowl with corn flakes or other cereal
6 small disc magnets S-05-02-N52N

a ladle

Now it's time to lay hands on the cereal - mash it with the ladle into tiny crumbs. Empty the crumbs on the sheet of paper.

Then you place the magnets under the paper underneath the crumbs. Slowly move the magnets away from the crumbs. With a little bit of luck you can soon see a silver-grey substance that you can isolate on the side. That is the iron that we need, among other things, for the oxygen transport in our blood. The ad did not lie for once!

If you like, you can still eat the crumbs...

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S-05-02-N52N

Disc magnet Ø 5 mm, height 2 mm, holds approx. 680 g, neodymium, N52, nickel-plated

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