Iron is an essential trace mineral in our human body. According to the World Health Organization report, approximately 2 billion people are iron deficient, with 1 billion suffering from iron deficiency anemia (Vos et al., 2016). Currently, ferrous salts (e.g., ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumarate, and ferrous sulfate) are widely consumed as oral iron supplementation (Wang et al., 2019). Previous clinical studies have shown that long-term use of ferrous sulfate supplement can cause gastrointestinal side effects such as abdominal pain, constipation, nausea, and vomiting (Dong et al., 2017;Wang et al., 2015). Thus, it is necessary to develop a new, side-effect-free iron supplement. Among the chelating materials for conveying iron, polysaccharide derivatives possess the benefits of high aqueous solubility and less adverse effects on organisms (Wang et al., 2019). Previous works have demonstrated that polysaccharide-iron (III) complexes display higher bioavailability, better solubility, and more reductive capacity compared to conventional iron supplement (Cheng et al., 2019;Wang et al., 2007). Therefore, water-soluble active polysaccharide may be a promising material for chelating iron ions.