Supplemental intake of 400μg (400mcg) of folic acid is recommend for all women for at least one month prior to conception and continued at that level for the first 3 months of pregnancy to help reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD's). Folic Acid is a recommended prenatal supplement and is used in preconception and in pregnancy. New Active Folic contains the patented Quatrefolic® as a source of reduced folate, the nutritionally active form of folate required for optimum absorption.

Growing evidence to support the use of reduced folate (methyl folate) versus folic acid, which is man-made and inactive, so needs to be converted to the metabolically active 5-methyl-folate. 67% of the worlds population have an inability to metabolise folic acid however, they need to source it naturally

Uniquely containing the patented Quatrefolic® as a natural source of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofilate new Active Folate provides the nutritionally active form of folate required during preconception, pregnancy and lactation, as well as by many outside of Pregnancy.