- In November 2024, Cadila Pharmaceuticals launched Militol, an iron supplement that contains ferric maltol, a low-dose form of ferric iron complexed with maltol and folic acid.
- In September 2024, researchers were able to use renewable energy and microbes to produce protein and vitamin B9 as an alternative option. Largus Angenent of the University of Tübingen, Germany, stated that the fermentation process was given gas and acetate to produce vitamin B9. This vitamin is also known as folate and is essential for bodily functions like cell growth and metabolism.
