Hematogen
Bars of Hematogen
Hematogen (Russian: гематоге́н, gematogen; Latin: Haematogenum; Greek: Αιματογόνο, aimatogóno) 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.[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]
See also[]
- Sanguinaccio dolce, a sweet pudding made with pig’s blood
- Protein bar
- Blood as food
References[]
- ^ Hay, Mark (2019-03-29). "How Russia Fell In Love With Candy Bars Made of Blood". Vice.
Its [the candy bar's] iron, which prevents anemia, came from black food albumin — a technical term for blood
- ^ https://www.webapteka.ru/drugbase/name1465.html
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