Ferrous gluconate

Drug ingredient

CAS 299-29-6

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 299-29-6 — 1 Fe²⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$16M

Top sourceItaly 41%

At least one company claimed its 2019 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291816 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291816, which covers 9 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

IT 41%ItalyCN 32%ChinaIN 17%IndiaDE 6%GermanyTR 2%Turkey

Israel
Pakistan
Japan

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Evonik

4 FDA-registered drug labelers

Jost Chemical Co.

Mission Pharmacal Company

Oncora Pharma LLC

Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Gestyra
•CitraNatal 90 DHA
•Embriva

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Oxidizing/reducing agents in ServicesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS299-29-6

PubChem CID23616740

DTXSIDDTXSID4040478

FormulaC12H22FeO14

Mol. Weight446.14 g/mol

SMILESC(C(C(C(C(C(=O)[O-])O)O)O)O)O.C(C(C(C(C(C(=O)[O-])O)O)O)O)O.[Fe+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4040478Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23616740Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Ferrous gluconate (CAS 299-29-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/299-29-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4040478. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4040478 PubChem: 23616740. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23616740 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 299-29-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 299-29-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291816 for CAS 299-29-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/