Manganese
What the research shows
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What research says
How it’s made and used
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Hair mineral levels3
In babies fed formula, manganese in hair rose from birth to 6 weeks.
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Products
The 6 most-scanned of 1,782 products on Open Food Facts that list manganese.
- Croissance réduit en sucre Jaouda · 500 ml 1 additive
- CHOCOLATE Premier Protein Shake premier protein · 11 fl oz (325 ml) 7 additives
- MuscleTech, Platinum Multivitamin Muscletech · 90 tablets 1 additive
- Vanilla Premier Protein Shake premier protein · 11fl oz 7 additives
- Chocolate Protein Shake premier protein · 11 FL OZ (325 mL) 7 additives
- Vanilla power shake BOL · 410 g 0 additives
References
- 1manganese: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Manganese. Wikipedia. Accessed September 29, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Collipp PJ, Chen SY, Maitinsky S. Manganese in infant formulas and learning disability. Ann Nutr Metab. 1983;27(6):488-94. doi:10.1159/000176724