* Iron Supplement * Compare to Fergon * Highly Absorbable form of Iron * Promotes Rich Red Blood * Small, Easy-to-Swallow Tablets This product has been manufactured and packaged in strict conformance with industry & government standards. Iron is essential to nutrition because it is needed to make hemoglobin, the protein that caries oxygen in the blood. The need for iron increases during growth, menstruation, pregnancy or when there is a loss of blood or a poor diet.