1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

Contains restricted ingredients

Fergon Ferrous Gluconate

Name: Fergon Ferrous Gluconate
Brand: Bayer

BrandBayer→Mineral Tablet or Pill 15 ingredients 1 banned 2 caution DSLD #9452

Net contents: 100 Tablet(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2012-06-25

2 Ingredients (15)

IngredientGroupSafety

IronIronUse with Caution

Ferrous GluconateIronUse with Caution

SucroseSucrose—

Corn StarchStarch—

HypromelloseHypromellose—

TalcMagnesium SilicateUse with Caution

MaltodextrinMaltodextrin—

Magnesium StearateMagnesium stearateUse with Caution

Silicon DioxideSiliconGenerally Safe

Titanium DioxideTitanium DioxideBanned in ≥1 country

Polyethylene GlycolPolyethylene glycol—

FD&C Yellow #5 Aluminum LakeColor—

FD&C Blue #1 Aluminum Lake——

Polysorbate 80Polysorbate—

Carnauba WaxCarnauba wax—

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⛔ Contains an ingredient banned in ≥1 country

Titanium Dioxide 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 — France banned TiO₂ in food from January 2020, first EU country.

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Iron — Iron supplementation in iron-replete patients may increase cardiovascular and cancer risk — always document deficiency before prescribing [1].

Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].

3 Safety cross-reference

Iron — Use with Caution

⚠ GI upset, constipation

⚠ Fatal toxicity in children

Magnesium — Use with Caution

Silicon — Generally Safe

⚠ Very low toxicity

Titanium Dioxide — Banned in ≥1 country

⚠ EFSA: can no longer be considered safe as food additive (2021)

⚠ Genotoxicity concern (nanoparticles)

4 Label claims

• All Other

5 Data source

DSLD ID9452

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2012-06-25

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. Fergon Ferrous Gluconate — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Jul 28]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/dsld-9452/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

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PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
Publisher: PHIG