A hot delicious bowl of cream of wheat provides 8 essential vitamins + minerals including: iron - meeting your daily iron needs is important for building healthy red blood cells which can help you maintain your energy. Nine out of 10 women of childbearing age and 1 out of 4 children age 4 to 8 do not get the recommended level of iron from their diet. With 45% of the daily value of iron, cream of wheat is one great way to get the iron you need. Calcium - meeting your daily calcium needs is import