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Provided are a water-soluble iron-hydrocarbon complex useful for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia and easily sterilized, a method for producing the complex, and a drug containing the complex. A water-soluble solution that can be produced from an aqueous solution of iron (III) salt and an aqueous solution of a product obtained by oxidizing one or more maltodextrins using an aqueous hypochlorous acid solution having an alkaline pH value. In the case of an iron-carbohydrate complex, when one type of maltodextrin is used, the dextrose equivalent is 5 to 20, and when a mixture of multiple types of maltodextrins is used, the dextrose equivalent of the mixture is 5 to 20 And a water-soluble iron-carbohydrate complex in which each dextrose equivalent of each maltodextrin in the mixture is 2 to 40, a method for producing the complex, and a drug containing the complex. The medicament is formulated for parenteral or oral application, but is particularly useful for parenteral application. [Selection figure] None |