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Hi, Im making Hummingbird Food using, Simple Truth Organic Prue Cane Sugar. In Nutritional Facts it says IRON OMG 0 %. Total Sugars 8 g. IS THIS OK? (1 Viewer)
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Hi Flash and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.
I've moved your post to the Hummingbird forum, as you're more likely to get the people with the right knowledge seeing your post.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
I've moved your post to the Hummingbird forum, as you're more likely to get the people with the right knowledge seeing your post.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Too much Iron is Toxic to Hummingbirds. Refined White Sugar does not have Iron. I have been using Hummingbird feed I got from Home Depot, but it has dye in it. So Im making me own. We have 3 Hummingbirds visiting.
thanks. We have 3 Hummingbird's visiting our feeder. Just want to keep them healthy.
jmepler
It's just a flesh wound.
Just because the nutritional label says IRON 0% does not mean that it contains no iron. If a single serving contains less than less than half of a gram of an ingredient the manufacturer can label it a 0% because they are allowed to round to whole numbers. Many manufacturers will purposefully reduce serving sizes to be able to call something "fat free" even though it contains some fat.
So, your "pure organic cane sugar" has a serving size of 30 grams. Half a gram would amount to 1.6% of that. I am not suggesting that it has that much iron in it. But, that 0% on the label is meaningless when it comes to hummingbird safety.
