Hematogen

Bars of Hematogen

Hematogen (Russian: Гематоген) is a nutrition bar which is notable in that one of its main ingredients is serum albumin, extracted from the blood of cows. It was popular in the former Soviet Union. Chocolate is frequently mixed within it. 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). In the Soviet Union, it was available over-the-counter. They are still sold in Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan.[citation needed]

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  1. 1 2 Hay, Mark (29 March 2019). "How Russia Fell In Love With Candy Bars Made of Blood". Vice. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Its [the candy bar's] iron, which prevents anemia, came from black food albumin — a technical term for blood
  2. ↑ Greene, Samuel; Robertson, Graeme (2019). Putin Vs. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia. Yale University Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780300245059.
  3. ↑ "Гематоген". WebApteka. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Belarus pubs urged to sell cow-blood snacks". BBC. Retrieved 11 August 2024.