Acidic foods cooked in a cast iron skillet.... ???????

Question

Will acidic foods cooked in a cast iron skillet become Fe (2+) enriched because of a reaction between the acidic food and the skillet?

Briefly Explain it to me...

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Answer 1

Yes they will. Cooking in iron pots is an important dietary source of iron in some poor African countries. Take stewing fruit which contain citric acid. The iron reacts to form iron citrate, which, being soluble your body absorbs. Of course, a sturdy iron pot lasts several lifetimes, but you only need a few milligrams of iron a day, so you get a useful iron intake without any noticeable corrosion of the pot.

Answer 2

not to use cast iron with acidic foods because it releases a metallic taste, this reaction is barely perceptible and actually adds iron to the food.