Ferrous gluconate

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 299-29-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$16M
Top SourceItaly 41%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291816 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291816, which covers 5 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IT 41%ItalyCN 32%ChinaIN 17%IndiaDE 6%GermanyTR 2%Turkey
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
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •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

DTXSID40404782026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236167402026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23616740/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23616740.json

299-29-62026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 299-29-62026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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