Liposomal Iron Supplements

About liposomal iron

Iron supplements have a reputation, and it's mostly about the stomach: nausea, cramping and constipation are the reasons people abandon them. Liposomal iron is one of the industry's answers to that. The iron is wrapped in a liposome — a microscopic bubble with a fat-based shell, the same basic structure as a cell membrane. The idea is that the shell keeps the iron enclosed as it passes through the stomach, so less of it makes direct contact with the stomach lining on the way through.

What "liposomal" means

A liposome is a tiny sphere whose wall is built from phospholipids — the same class of fat that makes up the membrane around your own cells. Because that wall is fat on the outside and can hold a water-based core, it can carry something inside it through an environment that would otherwise degrade it or irritate on contact. It's a delivery method, not an ingredient: the iron inside is still iron.

Forms and strengths here

Two formats. A capsule delivering 30mg of iron with vitamin C, and a powder sachet delivering 21mg with vitamin C, mixed into liquid. The sachet suits people who don't get on with capsules; the capsule is the simpler daily option. Both pair the iron with vitamin C, which is deliberate — vitamin C improves the absorption of non-heme iron, so the two are commonly formulated together. See the wider vitamin C range if you take it separately.

Liposomal iron alongside other forms

Liposomal is one of several approaches to the same problem. Heme iron uses the form of iron found in meat, which the body absorbs by a different route. Liquid iron suits people who want to adjust the dose or can't swallow tablets, and chewable iron is another option there. Bisglycinate is a chelated form also chosen for tolerability. The full iron supplements range brings them together.

Liposomal iron in Canada

Every liposomal iron supplement at Vitamart is licensed for sale in Canada — look for the NPN on the label — and ships from our Ontario warehouse.