Table 1.

Control and high iron diet constituents

	Control Iron	High Iron
Energy from fat (kcal)	11.8%	11.8%
Energy from carbohydrate (kcal)	70.4%	70.2%
Energy from protein (kcal)	11.8%	17.9%
Casein (g/Kg)	200.0	200.0
Sucrose (g/Kg)	549.7	544.99
Corn starch (g/Kg)	150.0	150.0
Corn oil (g/Kg)	50.0	50.0
DL-methionine (g/Kg)	3.0	3.0
Mineral mix; iron deficient (g/Kg)	35.0	50.0
Iron (g/Kg)	0.287*	5.0#
Vitamin mix (g/Kg)	10.0	10.0
Choline bitartrate (g/Kg)	2.0	2.0
Ethoxyquin (g/Kg)	0.01	0.01

* ferric citrate; ^# carbonyl iron