Buffered Vitamin C Chewable 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor
Goals
$16.69 $0.16 per serving
Product analysis
Buffered Vitamin C Chewable 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor offers chewable support for normal immune function and collagen formation. Its clearest everyday benefit is helping cover low vitamin C intake.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality33
The vitamin C source is identified, while some added fruit preparations are less clear. Buffering and added plant ingredients do not establish a special quality or absorption advantage.
Ingredient Transparency79
The listed amounts are stated, and the vitamin C and calcium sources are named. Several other preparations remain unspecified, limiting a complete comparison.
Value For Money44
The vitamin C cost sits around the middle of its comparison. Reliable value comparisons for the accompanying ingredients are unavailable, so they do not establish added value.
Customer Satisfaction81
Customers are strongly positive about the chewable. Several hundred ratings provide a useful satisfaction picture, without proving health benefits.
Product Focus62
Vitamin C provides the main support for normal immune nutrition, antioxidant functions and collagen formation. The smaller accompanying ingredients do not establish extra benefits from the broader mixture.
- Format
Tablet - Container
- 100 Tablet(s)
- Per serving
- $0.16
- Customer rating
- 4.7 · 959 ratings
Goals
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C has modest support for shortening colds with regular supplementation, without establishing infection prevention or treating an existing cold. The declared serving receives a partial saved amount allowance, which does not establish an optimal dose or verified daily use. Accompanying vitamin C sources and bioflavonoids do not establish additional vitamin C or extra benefit.
How this product is rated for Immunity
Ingredient fit60
Vitamin C receives the main ingredient allowances. Amounts vary in how fully they meet the saved comparison ranges.
Goal fit
Vitamin C supplies the main saved ingredient focus; other actives and the product’s wider purposes affect specificity.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts receive partial or mixed allowances, limiting the saved contribution without proving the ingredients ineffective.
Pathways40
The strongest saved contribution concerns innate immune cell activity. Coverage is narrower across the remaining immune functions.
Depth
The strongest saved contribution concerns innate immune cell activity.
Breadth
The saved findings identify meaningful coverage of innate immune cell activity.
Evidence100
The strongest relevant support concerns normal nutrient function or regular vitamin C use, rather than general infection prevention.
Evidence strength
The strongest relevant support concerns normal nutrient function or regular vitamin C use, rather than general infection prevention.
Studied preparation
The relevant preparations receive the saved comparison allowance, without establishing clinical superiority over alternative forms.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients meet the minimum amount criterion and have no missing required partner or identified configured conflict.
Partner coverage
No required partner is missing for the ingredients counted in the saved findings.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified; this does not establish individual suitability.
Effective doses
The ingredients counted here meet the saved minimum amount criterion; this comparison threshold does not prove clinical effectiveness.
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C at 500 mg supports normal antioxidant and immune defenses and may help fill a dietary gap. Calcium at 16 mg is too small to reach the saved contribution threshold. The buffered chewable format does not establish added health benefit beyond the declared nutrient contribution.
How this product is rated for Everyday Health
Ingredient fit49
The assessed contribution sits within a broader formula with other actives that add no independent contribution in these findings. The assessed amount provides partial coverage of the saved dose comparison.
Goal fit
The assessed contribution sits within a broader formula with other actives that add no independent contribution in these findings.
Dose adequacy
The assessed amount provides partial coverage of the saved dose comparison.
Pathways17
The strongest saved contribution concerns antioxidant and immune defence, with limited coverage. No assessed health process reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Depth
The strongest saved contribution concerns antioxidant and immune defence, with limited coverage.
Breadth
No assessed health process reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Evidence74
Vitamin C provides the strongest saved evidence contribution at the assessed amount; its scope and limitations still apply. The ingredients meeting the saved amount threshold have preparations accepted by the saved evidence assessment.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C provides the strongest saved evidence contribution at the assessed amount; its scope and limitations still apply.
Studied preparation
The ingredients meeting the saved amount threshold have preparations accepted by the saved evidence assessment.
Formulation logic100
The assessed ingredients can contribute independently or have their required companion present. No ingredient conflict was identified by the saved checks. All ingredients included in the saved dose check reach its minimum threshold.
Partner coverage
The assessed ingredients can contribute independently or have their required companion present.
Conflicts
No ingredient conflict was identified by the saved checks.
Effective doses
All ingredients included in the saved dose check reach its minimum threshold.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C supports collagen formation and can restore impaired wound healing when intake is deficient. The 500 mg calcium ascorbate serving receives full amount recognition in the saved result. Extra vitamin C has no established skin benefit when intake is adequate, and buffering or fruit-source material does not establish additional cosmetic effects or UV protection.
How this product is rated for Skin Health
Ingredient fit69
The included serving amount receives full recognition. Focus also depends on other actives and links to additional goals.
Goal fit
The relevant ingredients provide the recognized connection; other actives and links to additional goals reduce the product’s focus here.
Dose adequacy
The included serving amount receives full recognition in the saved comparison; this does not establish an optimal clinical dose.
Pathways0
The saved result assigns no coverage to its evaluated collagen, water-binding, barrier-lipid or UV routes. Nutrient deficiency roles remain distinct from those route findings.
Depth
No contribution is assigned to the evaluated collagen, water-binding, barrier-lipid or UV routes in the saved result.
Breadth
None of the evaluated routes receives coverage in the saved result.
Evidence100
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding; its supported skin role is deficiency correction, without established extra benefit when intake is adequate.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding; its supported skin role is deficiency correction, without established extra benefit when intake is adequate.
Studied preparation
The saved finding recognizes the included preparation as studied; that recognition does not resolve ingredient-specific applicability limitations.
Formulation logic100
No unmet partner or configured conflict was identified. Included ingredients meet the saved amount threshold.
Partner coverage
No unmet required partner is identified for the included ingredients; this does not establish synergy.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was matched in the supplied findings.
Effective doses
The ingredients included in this check meet its amount threshold, without establishing proven cosmetic improvement.
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C at 500 mg supports antioxidant defenses, with inflammation-related evidence mainly in people who started with elevated markers. The 15 mg rose hip amount is far below the 5 g daily powder exposure in the supplied joint-pain evidence, so its added contribution is limited.
How this product is rated for Inflammation
Ingredient fit49
Relevant ingredients sit alongside actives aimed at other needs, so the formula has a broader focus. The relevant amounts provide a partial match to the saved dose comparisons.
Goal fit
Relevant ingredients sit alongside actives aimed at other needs, so the formula has a broader focus.
Dose adequacy
The relevant amounts provide a partial match to the saved dose comparisons.
Pathways17
The strongest saved connection is oxidative and mitochondrial stress, with limited coverage. None of the reviewed routes reaches the saved level for broad coverage.
Depth
The strongest saved connection is oxidative and mitochondrial stress, with limited coverage.
Breadth
None of the reviewed routes reaches the saved level for broad coverage.
Evidence87
Vitamin C provides the strongest saved evidence at the assessed amount; its relevance remains dependent on the studied context. The preparations at the assessed amounts match those recognized in the saved review.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C provides the strongest saved evidence at the assessed amount; its relevance remains dependent on the studied context.
Studied preparation
The preparations at the assessed amounts match those recognized in the saved review.
Formulation logic100
The assessed ingredients can work independently or have their relevant partner. No ingredient conflicts were recorded in the supplied assessment. 1 of 1 assessed ingredients reach the saved amount threshold.
Partner coverage
The assessed ingredients can work independently or have their relevant partner.
Conflicts
No ingredient conflicts were recorded in the supplied assessment.
Effective doses
1 of 1 assessed ingredients reach the saved amount threshold.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C supports antioxidant defenses relevant to eye tissues. Its supplied vision evidence comes from a defined multi-ingredient regimen for selected people with AMD, rather than vitamin C alone improving routine visual performance. The amount reaches the saved reference range, but higher intake does not establish greater visual benefit. Calcium ascorbate does not establish an added vision advantage.
How this product is rated for Eye Health
Ingredient fit66
Vitamin C supplies the relevant contribution within a broadly focused formula.
Goal fit
Vitamin C supplies the relevant contribution within a broadly focused formula.
Dose adequacy
Vitamin C reaches the saved reference range.
Pathways47
Only retinal and lens antioxidant defense meets the saved coverage threshold.
Depth
The strongest saved contribution concerns retinal and lens antioxidant defense; this does not establish corresponding clinical improvement.
Breadth
Only retinal and lens antioxidant defense meets the saved coverage threshold.
Evidence68
Vitamin C’s evidence concerns a defined AMD combination, without established standalone routine visual-performance benefit.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C’s evidence concerns a defined AMD combination, without established standalone routine visual-performance benefit.
Studied preparation
The saved result recognizes the contributing forms as studied; this does not establish equivalence to a complete clinical eye-health regimen.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients meet the saved amount threshold and have no unmet partner requirement. No configured conflicts were identified.
Partner coverage
The counted ingredients have no unmet partner requirement in the supplied findings.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied findings.
Effective doses
All counted contributors meet the saved amount threshold; this does not establish a proven routine vision dose.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Calories | 10 Calorie(s) | |
Total Carbohydrates | 1 Gram(s) | |
Vitamin C (Calcium Ascorbate) | 500 mg | |
Calcium (Calcium Ascorbate) | 16 mg | |
Acerola Cherry | 15 mg | |
Rose Hips | 15 mg | |
Bioflavonoid Concentrate (Citrus) | 20 mg |
Vitamin C (Calcium Ascorbate) · 500 mg OverallScore75
Acerola · 15 mg OverallScore20
Each serving lists 15 mg of acerola. The saved facts do not identify its species or give a source-specific vitamin C concentration.
How this ingredient is rated
Composition and Label Disclosure20
The saved facts do not provide an extract ratio or source-specific vitamin C percentage or yield.
Marker and Preparation Disclosure
The saved facts do not provide an extract ratio or source-specific vitamin C percentage or yield.
Composition and Label Disclosure20
The saved facts record 15 mg of acerola but do not link a botanical species and plant part to the acerola amount.
Acerola Botanical Identity Disclosure
The saved facts record 15 mg of acerola but do not link a botanical species and plant part to the acerola amount.
Commercial Price and Usability
A price comparison was not included in the evaluation.
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Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.
- Dietary intake and blood concentrations of antioxidants and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.
- Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of a health claim related to vitamin C and increasing non haem iron absorption pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
- Vitamin C Depletion and All-Cause Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients.
- Associations of Serum Biomarkers of Fruit and Vegetable Intake With the Risk of Cause-Specific Mortality and All-Cause Mortality: A National Prospective Cohort Study.
- Relation between plasma ascorbic acid and mortality in men and women in EPIC-Norfolk prospective study: a prospective population study. European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.
- Role of Oral Vitamin 'C' on Astigmatic Errors in Phacoemulsification.
- Ascorbic acid metabolites are involved in intraocular pressure control in the general population.
- Nutritional modulation of cataract.
- Dietary n-3 Fatty Acid, α-Tocopherol, Zinc, vitamin D, vitamin C, and β-carotene are Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Japan.
- Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, lifestyle and age-related macular degeneration: the Coimbra Eye Study - report 3.
- Vitamin C and contribution to the normal function of the immune system: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
- Therapeutic effects of high-dose vitamin C supplementation in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis.
- Effect of micronutrient supplements on influenza and other respiratory tract infections among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- New evidence for antioxidant properties of vitamin C.
- Enhanced Vitamin C Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Alternative Supplement Forms in Healthy Adults.
- Efficacy of Vitamin C as Glucocorticoid Substitute for Reducing Pain and Inflammation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- The Impact of Vitamin C on Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory, and Hemostatic Outcomes After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- The impact of vitamin C supplementation on the perioperative outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Therapeutic Impact of Ascorbic Acid on Oral and Periodontal Tissues: A Systematic Literature Review.
- Oral vitamin C administration reduces early recurrence rates after electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation and attenuates associated inflammation.