Healthy Options Folic Acid 800 mcg 100/300 tablets

Folic acid is a B vitamin. Also called vitamin B9, it occurs naturally as folate in foods. Folic acid is vital for cell growth and development. Folic acid reduces the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect (NTD) like spina bifida.

Benefits of folic acid

Folic acid is a vitamin that is essential for everyone’s health. You need folic acid because it:

maintains a healthy nervous system

works with vitamin B12 to form healthy red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body

helps break down, use and create proteins

Women need extra folic acid during early pregnancy to reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect like spina bifida.