In 1956, a team of scientists created Albion Laboratories. After years of research, these scientists began making landmark discoveries in mineral chelation. For these new discoveries Albion would eventually receive many patents from the United States and other countries around the world. Albion remains the only source for true amino acid chelated minerals on the market today. These patented chelated minerals are marketed under the trade name Metalosate®.

Albion’s Metalosate® products are the result of necessary elemental minerals bound to organic molecules in a chelated form. Chelation is the process of attaching a specific organic molecule to a mineral in two or more places to form a ring. The molecule holds the mineral like a claw, surrounding and protecting it from adverse interactions.

Albion produces mineral nutrients chelated with amino acids. Since amino acids are the basic building blocks of protein found in all living organisms, the chelation of minerals with amino acids provides a tremendous advantage in the efficiency of absorption and translocation of minerals within plants. Only Albion has the patented technology to make true amino acid chelates.

What exactly are the Metalosate® products?