Dual fortification of salt with iodine and micronized ferric pyrophosphate: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

In many developing countries, children are at high risk for both goiter and anemia. In areas of subsistence farming in rural Africa, salt is one of the few regularly purchased food items and could be a good fortification vehicle for iodine and iron, provided that a stable yet bioavailable iron fortificant is used.