Daily Multivitamin, 60 capsules

Description

A daily multivitamin in 60 capsules, built on methylated B vitamins and chelated minerals, with every ingredient amount printed individually rather than gathered into a blend total. The panel states how many capsules make a serving, which is the figure that decides whether a bottle is a month or two months. On a daily multivitamin that number matters more than anything on the front label.

What is on the panel

Why a daily multivitamin cannot hold everything

This is the honest limit of the format and almost no label says it. The daily reference value for calcium is 1,300 mg and for magnesium 420 mg. Neither fits in a capsule that also has to carry forty other ingredients, so every multivitamin on the market holds a token amount of both, usually a small percentage of the reference figure.

Our panel prints what is actually there rather than implying completeness. If you want meaningful calcium or magnesium, they are separate purchases, and the minerals page quotes both by elemental weight so the comparison works.

Methylated forms, and what the claim amounts to

Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate and L-methylfolate is the methylated one, both measured in micrograms DFE, which converts between them at different rates. Methylcobalamin and cyanocobalamin are both B12. Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and pyridoxine hydrochloride are both B6.

Naming the form is a specification, and it is one that can be checked on a certificate. Whether the methylated versions are better for you is a separate question with a mixed literature, and the honest position is that the form is stated so you can choose rather than so we can claim. The NIH folate fact sheet explains the DFE conversion properly.

Why a careful daily multivitamin is two capsules

Chelated minerals and methylated B forms take up more room than oxides and cheap synthetics, so a formula built on them rarely fits in one capsule. A single capsule daily multivitamin is usually either a smaller formula or one built on the denser, cheaper forms. Neither is dishonest, and the units per serving figure is what tells you which one you are holding.

What a daily multivitamin cannot replace

Food, and any specific deficiency a blood test has found. A multivitamin is cover for small gaps rather than treatment for a diagnosed shortfall, and anyone with a measured deficiency needs the particular nutrient at a particular amount, decided by a clinician rather than by a panel.

Percent daily value, which is not a target

The percentages on a supplement panel are calculated against a regulatory reference built on a 2,000 calorie diet. They are a sense of scale rather than a goal, and several ingredients in any multivitamin sit far above 100 percent of them. The figure is printed because the FDA requires it, not because reaching it is the point.

Chelated minerals, and the elemental figure

A bisglycinate or citrate carries less of the element per milligram of compound than an oxide does, which is why the elemental amount leads in the amount column with the compound weight beneath. A multivitamin quoting compound weights alone looks more generous than it is, and the arithmetic is set out on the vitamins page.

Iron, and whether it is here

Stated plainly on the front rather than left for you to find in the panel, because that one ingredient decides whether a daily multivitamin suits a given person. Formulas without it are labelled iron free, and the iron containing versions carry the accidental overdose warning the regulator requires.

Testing

Every lot of this daily multivitamin is assayed for label accuracy by a laboratory with no ownership tie to this company, with heavy metals and microbial screening alongside. A multivitamin has forty chances to be wrong on a panel, which is why the assay covers the actives rather than a sample of them. Under strength lots are withdrawn and the failing certificate stays published, as explained in why we publish the batch that failed.