Moisture content of iron-fortified rice premix, prepared using fortificant solution having 12.06, 16.08 and 20.1 mg mL1 iron, was 9.08–9.04%, 8.44–8.75% and 7.82–8.83% (w.b.), respectively. Effect of soaking and spraying methods and tempering time on iron content is shown in Fig. 1(a–d). Soaking method resulted in 133.39 4.76 to 710.65 9.32 and 126.03 4.49 to 417.15 3.75 mg of iron content per 100 g of iron-fortified rice premix prepared following without and with steaming, respectively