Iron is a mineral that is in all living things such as plants, animals and of course humans. It is an important component of hemoglobin which is the part of red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body. Iron provides hemoglobin the ability to bind oxygen and carry it from the lungs to other organs. Apart from being an essential part of red blood cell formation it also is involved in children’s proper physiological functions and growth.

How Much Iron Do Kids Need?
Daily Values are comprised of two sets of reference values for reporting nutrients in nutrition labels, “The Daily Reference Values (DRVs)” and “the Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs)”. To limit consumer confusion, the single term “Daily Value” is used to designate both the DRVs and RDIs. The DVs are used to calculate the % Daily Values that consumers see on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels. The % Daily Value helps consumers understand how the amount of a nutrient that is present in a serving of a food fits into their total daily diet, and allows them to compare the nutritional value of food products. Hence all supplements including Iron must provide consumers with Percent Daily Value (DV).

According to FDA, DV for Iron for Infants through 12 months of age is 11 mg, for Children 1 through 3 years is 7 mg, and for Adults and Children above 4 years of age is 18 mg.

The main reason for Frunutta Iron 5mg popularity is two-fold. One is the ease by which is taken and the avoidance of common oral iron pills such as constipation, nausea, and vomiting. The second is the absence of unpronounceable additives, preservatives, dyes, and sugars that are not only good but possibly bad at high levels in a small child.