Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of iron content — 1,10- Phenanthroline photometric method

The method consists in decomposing the organic matter, followed by reduction of trivalent iron by hydroxyammonium chloride, forming, in a buffered medium, of the stable iron(II)/1,10 phenanthroline complex, and photometric measuring of the red-coloured complex at a wavelength of 508 nm.