BeLive Iron Gummies - Multivitamin Supplement with Vitamin C, A, B & Zinc for Blood Oxygen Support | Vegan Iron Gummies for Women, Men & Kids Growth | Grape Flavor | 1-Pack | Perfect for Daily Energy Boost & Immune Support

I don’t review everything I buy, but there were so many mixed reviews already on this one, I wanted to chime in with my bluntly honest review. I am not one that can take pills easily - I’ve actually avoided adding an iron supplement to my daily vitamins for that reason. But when I saw these gummies, and after being turned away for another blood donation, I thought it was worth a shot.Taste: These do have a ‘real’ grape taste... at first. But if you chew them thoroughly, as directed, there is what I’ll call a raw iron aftertaste. It’s brief, and as soon as you take a drink of water, it’s gone. I can deal with this, but it is enough of an aftertaste that if you are sensitive to it, you may not like these. But being able to chew these and not swallow a pill made this a very acceptable trade off for me.Side effects: depending on how empty my stomach was, it sometimes would give me slight nausea. For example, I could not take them first thing in the morning, before eating or drinking anything (way too empty stomach). But once I put anything in my body, I was fine just about any other time of the day, with or without immediate food intake.But the important factor... effectiveness: YES!! After only 10 days of taking them, my iron level shot up by almost 2g/dL!! And I changed nothing else in my diet/routine. While I know iron can fluctuate in women, quite a bit, for me to get to the level I measured usually requires me to eat red meat the entire week prior to testing.So all in all, I feel these do a great job! I used to never have an issue with my iron, but it pops up as an issue more and more as I’ve gotten older. And to know what factors iron plays in the rest of your body’s functionality, these are a great alternative if you don’t like pills.