01.01.07
Albion Advanced Nutrition, St. Clair Shores, MI, has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,144,737, titled “Process for determining the percent chelation in a dry mixture.” By following the process of this patent, which involves FT-IR expertise, one can determine the presence of a chelate, as well as the percent of the mineral that is actually chelated in a dry powder. This testing procedure has been through the AOAC single laboratory validation protocol and is in the process of being published in the AOAC officially recognized guidelines for testing this ingredient form. According to the company, this is the first and only single laboratory process that can be used to determine the amount of mineral in a mineral amino acid chelate powder that is chelated to the amino acid ligand.