Hematogen 50g (1.8 Oz) (5 bars)

It’s very fresh and tasty!

They taste like fudgy chocolate bars. You’d never know they’re a supplement

Super sweet but so good. Classic and delicious. I love that these bars taste nothing like a supplement and everything like candy we knew and loved as children.

Will buy again

I become anemic a few days each month, as most women do. I find myself lethargic, sick and overall feeling like crap.I stumbled across these while looking for Russian candy and did some research. While I cannot take Iron supplements since they upset my stomach, I decided to give these a shot.Well, I have to say they taste pretty damn good! The texture threw me at first, I expected it to be smooth like regular chocolate BUT due to the grittiness of the sugar initially as you chew it begins to melt.I have to say I’d suggest this for anyone who is anemic or just need a boost of Iron without the gastric upset. I eat one bar a day for 3-4 days and I don’t feel as awful and tired as I use to.Once you get past the Ick factor, knowing it’s made with cows blood it’s actually decent.

So a YouTuber did a review of this and she really liked it, so I figured I’d try it. I get anaemic from time to time, but I can’t take pills...I’ve yakked them up since I was a baby...my body just refuses to tolerate them. So I thought why not try these.If you’re ur unaware, black albumin is basically blood from cows normally. It’s stuff our culture throws away but other cultures use it in sausages and soups and stuff(this YTer had a whole vid about all the uses for blood products that seem awesome but we don’t do).Anyways the biggest complaint is how sugary it is. I agree with the YT person that they’re super sugary, like diabetes level sugary. They remind me of that low-budget fudge recipe that’s basically sugar and cocoa powder with boiling water and butter and you stir it for like ever to make it smooth and into fudge...but it’s always kinda grainy and sugary...that’s def like this.You can’t really taste the albumin at all. You just taste sweet, almost tootsie roll, almost fudge...not terrible. The iron is heme iron which is more easily absorbed by the body than the kind of iron in pill form. I had no nausea or vomiting.Serving size is part of a bar for kids, one bar for adults. Each bar has 8 sections to it so you can break it up. I just take one a day in addition to my regular diet. I could see if you had no access to other sources of iron, this would be great...for me it’s a supplement and one bar lasts a while. I stop taking it when I feel my iron levels are ok. Obvs check with your doctor to see what ur actual levels are.I have some concern about mad cow disease from the Ukraine where these are made, but I’m not gonna obsess...just, if that’s something you worry about, you may reconsider these. The disease has been found in gelatin products from abroad but that was a while ago...maybe it’s been handled and nothing to worry about now.If you are diabetic or pre-diabetic I’d also avoid these bc the sugar count is so high. I think even for non-diabetics these are more of an occasional thing rather than everyday.I think this is an interesting product with a fascinating backstory, and came out of necessity. I think they’re still useful today as a semi-holistic way of treating anemia without medication.

A Soviet penpal of mine told me to buy these.And damn, they were right! This tastes exactly like an American "Candy Corn" or one of those holiday Creme pumpkins combined with chocolate. Very delicious, soft to chew, fresh and delightful. Delicious! And it arrived in a few days!

This is an amazing suppose of iron, and tastes great. Highly recommend.As for expiration date, in Ukraine they print date of manufacturing on the package, and then additionally how many months it can be stored. So the importer to the US also put a sticker with the expiration date to meet the US standards. Don't get confused about the sticker with the date!