Status:
UNKNOWN
Bioavailability of Vitamin B12 in Bread Using Fermented Faba Bean as B12 Source in Healthy Volunteers (BeanBread)
Lead Sponsor:
University of Helsinki
Conditions:
Vitamin B12 Absorption
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Vitamin B12 is naturally present in animal products, but it could be added to plant-based products through fermentation using the Propionibacterium freudenreichii bacterium. This study aims to investi...
Detailed Description
A human intervention study with healthy volunteers will be carried out to investigate the absorption of vitamin B12 synthesized by Propionibacterium freudenreichii from bread made with fermented faba ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy
- Body mass index between 18.5 and 35 kg/m2
- No exclusion criteria listed below
Exclusion
- Food allergies against ingredients in foods supplemented in the study
- pregnancy and/or breastfeeding
- Regular use of food supplements containg B12
- Blood donation within 3 months
- Alcohol consumption more than 24 measures per week
- Smoking, using snuff
- Iron, B12 or folate deficiency
- Anemia
- small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
- Gastritis
- Helicobacter pylori infection
- Acid reflux
- Chron's disease
- Celiac disease
- Pancreatitis
- Abdominal surgery
- Eating disorder
- Use of supplements containing vitamin B12 in the last year
- Vitamin B12 injection treatment in the last year
- Use of metformin, protein pump inhibitors or H2-receptor blockers
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 22 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06096298
Start Date
October 1 2023
End Date
December 22 2023
Last Update
October 25 2023
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