Best Multi Vitamins from VitaLab
VitaLab is not supported by any of the vitamin companies that were respresented in the study. A value of 8 or above is considered to be "Excellent".
Look who made Excellent and in the top choices: Shaklee's Vitalizer Gold
The VitaLab Study Methodology
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Once all 101 multivitamin products were assessed, each of them was assigned a score from 0 to 10, 10 being the highest. A score of 8.0 and above is a sign of an excellent product. However, only 8 out of the 101 products were able to surpass this benchmark.
How We Determine Effectiveness Scores
We use four scientific criteria to compare multivitamin brands. We developed each criterion based on peer-reviewed evidence available in the latest published medical literature.
The four comparison criteria are as follows:
Composition
Your body needs 13 types of vitamins and at least as many different types of minerals in order to function properly. This criterion has to do with how closely the dosage of vitamins and minerals in each product follow the Optimal Daily Intake index. Optimal composition means you receive the nutrients in the most effective combinations and dosage amounts.
Composition is 30% of the final score.
Bioavailability
Bioavailable nutrients are easily and efficiently absorbed by the body. Does the product contain vitamins and minerals in their most absorbable forms, such as organic acid complexes, mixed carotenoids, or amino acid chelates?
Bioavailability is 25% of the final score.
Synergistic Effect
Vitamins and minerals work together to improve your health, but they must be in precise proportion to each other for best results. For example, the body absorbs iron through the help of vitamin C. Vitamin D helps the body absorb phosphorus and calcium. Are the vitamin and mineral nutrient quantities in the product set in such a way as to intensify their combined effect and absorption by the body?
Synergistic effect is 25% of the final score.
Potency
Does the potency of the ingredients found in the product meet or exceed the potency levels outlined in the Optimal Daily Intake index? Store brand supplements often contain low-quality forms of nutrients, which are not as potent as higher-quality nutrients.
Potency is 20% of the final score.
From these four criteria, we calculate an Effectiveness Score. A score near 10 represents a supplement with the characteristics for optimal nutrition.
Conversely, a score near 0 represents a product possessing few, if any, of the characteristics for optimal nutrition.
What is the Optimal Daily Intake for each vitamin and mineral?
The Optimal Daily Intake (ODI) represents the ideal quantities of vitamins and minerals individuals need to take each day according to the latest research in the area of nutritional supplementation.
Here are a few of the more commonly known vitamins:
Company Product Effectiveness
| Shaklee |
Vitalizer Gold |
8.9 |
| Nutrilite (Amway, Quixtar) |
Double X |
8.3 |
| GNC | GNC Mega Men Sport |
6.9 |
| Puritan's Pride | High Potency Ultra Vita Time Release |
6.5 |
| NOW Foods |
Multiple Vitamins - Liquid Gels |
6.4 | |
| EAS | Multi-Blend | 6.3 | |
| Mannatech | PhytoMatrix |
6.2 | |
| Nature's Way | Alive! Whole Food Energizer | 6.1 |
| Melaleuca | Vitality Pak |
5.3 | |
| Herbalife |
Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex |
5.3 |
| Atkins |
Basic #3 |
4.7 |
| Centrum |
Silver |
4.6 |
| Nature Made | Multi Complete | 4.3 |
| Walgreens |
Ultra Choice Premium |
3.5 |
| Watkins |
Superfood Multiple |
2.8 |
| Nature's Plus |
Uitra One |
2.0 |
| Kroger | Advanced Formula Complete |
0.6 |
| Avon | VitAdvance Complete Multivitamin | 1.2 |
| Equate (Walmart) | One Daily | 0.6 |
| Geritol |
Complete |
0.4 |
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