Dark beer has more iron than pale beer or non-alcoholic beer

Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers have analyzed 40 brands of beer, discovering that dark beer has more free iron than pale and non-alcoholic beers. Iron is essential to the human diet, but also helps oxidize the organic compounds that give these beverages stability and flavor.

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