Hematogen ( Russian: Гематоген) is a nutrition bar which is notable in that one of its main ingredients is black food albumin, a technical term for cow's blood. It was popular in the former Soviet Union. [1] Other ingredients may vary, but they usually contain sugar, condensed milk and vanillin.
It is often considered to be a medicinal product, and is used to treat or prevent low blood levels of iron and vitamin B12 (e.g., for anemia or during pregnancy). [2] In the Soviet Union, it was available over-the-counter. [1]
Its [the candy bar's] iron, which prevents anemia, came from black food albumin — a technical term for blood
Hematogen ( Russian: Гематоген) is a nutrition bar which is notable in that one of its main ingredients is black food albumin, a technical term for cow's blood. It was popular in the former Soviet Union. [1] Other ingredients may vary, but they usually contain sugar, condensed milk and vanillin.
It is often considered to be a medicinal product, and is used to treat or prevent low blood levels of iron and vitamin B12 (e.g., for anemia or during pregnancy). [2] In the Soviet Union, it was available over-the-counter. [1]
Its [the candy bar's] iron, which prevents anemia, came from black food albumin — a technical term for blood