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Ferrous gluconate is prescribed for anemia (ferrous sulfate is the most common in multivitamins). You could go to any number of stores close to you and find it in the supplements section.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9818626/
And yeah, lye is used in many traditional food preservation and preparation techniques.
Chemistry aside, what I takeaway is that this is a wild process for a relatively tasteless product (compared to traditionally processed olives).
Agreed, I'll have my olives brined thanks.
So iron supplements are typically ferrous not ferric? I thought the body processed iron (ii) more easily because of its lower oxidation state but that was all speculation until right now. My blood clots too well if anything, I've never needed supplemental iron.
I think you got your suffixes reversed there!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrous
Well well well, how the turn tables.