$11.44 $0.04 per serving
Product analysis
MegaFolinic 800 mcg offers an affordable folate supplement to support normal blood formation when intake is low.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality70
Calcium folinate has reasonably favorable form quality. The clearly named preparation helps distinguish it from other folate forms.
Ingredient Transparency100
The folate amount and calcium folinate form are fully disclosed. That makes the serving easy to check and compare.
Value For Money100
Calcium folinate offers favorable value for the labeled serving. The simple formula makes the price easy to compare with other folate supplements.
Customer Satisfaction93
Customer ratings are highly favorable across a substantial review base. That gives a broad satisfaction picture, without establishing hair-growth benefits.
Product Focus75
Folate gives the formula a clear role in supporting normal blood formation when intake is low. Its normal cell-division role does not establish an independent hair-growth benefit.
- Format
Tablet - Container
- 240 Tablet(s)
- Per serving
- $0.04
- Customer rating
- 4.9 · 5,777 ratings
Goals
Impact
Highest effect
Folate · 800 mcg
Folate contribute to normal blood formation. The nutritional contributions can help when intake is low; added benefit above adequate intake is not established.
How this product is rated for Everyday Health
Ingredient fit97
Vitamin B9 (Folate) provide the supported focus. The included amounts fully meet the saved amount comparison; this does not establish extra benefits above nutritional adequacy.
Goal fit
Vitamin B9 (Folate) provide the supported focus.
Dose adequacy
The included amounts fully meet the saved amount comparison; this does not establish extra benefits above nutritional adequacy.
Pathways60
The strongest area is one-carbon metabolism and blood formation, with substantial coverage from the relevant ingredients.
Depth
The strongest area is one-carbon metabolism and blood formation, with substantial coverage from the relevant ingredients.
Breadth
The areas reaching the saved coverage threshold are one-carbon metabolism and blood formation.
Evidence82
Vitamin B9 (Folate) contributes most strongly to the saved evidence finding; its role remains subject to the supplied nutritional or preparation-specific limitations.
Evidence strength
Vitamin B9 (Folate) contributes most strongly to the saved evidence finding; its role remains subject to the supplied nutritional or preparation-specific limitations.
Studied preparation
The eligible preparations match those accepted in the saved findings, without implying superior forms or broader clinical benefits.
Formulation logic100
None of the evaluated ingredient conflicts was triggered. The relevant ingredients can contribute independently or have their required partner present; no extra combined effect is established.
Partner coverage
The relevant ingredients can contribute independently or have their required partner present; no extra combined effect is established.
Conflicts
None of the evaluated ingredient conflicts was triggered.
Effective doses
All included ingredients meet the saved minimum amount comparison; this is not itself a clinically proven effectiveness threshold.
Impact
High effect
Folate supports normal cell division and nutritional function, but these roles do not establish an independent hair-growth benefit. Calcium folinate and the declared amount do not demonstrate better hair outcomes. No reviewed hair route is represented in the saved findings.
How this product is rated for Hair Health
Ingredient fit97
The relevant ingredient amounts support the saved comparison, with focus reduced where the product covers many other goals.
Goal fit
The relevant ingredients form a focused formula, although the product is also linked to other goals.
Dose adequacy
The declared quantities provide the saved amount comparison; meeting its endpoints does not establish hair regrowth or a suitable individual regimen.
Pathways0
No reviewed hair route receives a contribution. Nutrient amount findings remain separate from a demonstrated hair mechanism or outcome.
Depth
No contribution is assigned to the reviewed hair routes despite the retained nutrient amount findings.
Breadth
No reviewed route reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Evidence68
Vitamin B9 (Folate) leads the evidence comparison. Practical expectations remain limited by deficiency conditions, clinical populations and preparation-specific findings.
Evidence strength
Vitamin B9 (Folate) leads the saved comparison, although the supplied context does not establish an independent hair-growth benefit.
Studied preparation
The saved findings accept the counted preparations; this does not demonstrate an independent hair outcome for each nutrient.
Formulation logic100
No missing required partner or listed ingredient conflict limits the formula. The counted ingredients meet the minimum amount comparison.
Partner coverage
No missing required partner limits the counted ingredients; this does not establish extra benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
No combination matched the supplied ingredient conflict checks.
Effective doses
The counted ingredients meet the saved minimum amount comparison, which does not establish a clinically effective hair dose.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Folate (Calcium Folinate) | 800 mcg |
Folate (Calcium Folinate) · 800 mcg OverallScore80
Each serving lists 800 mcg folate as calcium folinate, a folinic acid form the body converts to methylfolate. The whole product costs about $0.05 per serving.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability49
Calcium folinate is a form of folinic acid that the body converts to methylfolate. No branded methylfolate source is identified.
Folate Form Hierarchy
Calcium folinate is a form of folinic acid that the body converts to methylfolate.
Patented Sources & Isomeric Purity
No branded methylfolate source or active methylfolate isomer is identified in the stored facts.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100
Each serving lists 800 mcg folate as calcium folinate; the amount is evaluated as declared mcg, not DFE.
Folate Dosage by Declared Basis
Each serving lists 800 mcg folate as calcium folinate; the amount is evaluated as declared mcg, not DFE.
Value100
The whole product costs about $0.05 per serving.
Price per Bioavailable Serving
The whole product costs about $0.05 per serving.
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Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.
- Intakes of Folate, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 in Relation to All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A National Population-Based Cohort.
- The responsiveness of plasma homocysteine to small increases in dietary folic acid: a primary care study.
- Associations of Serum Folate and Homocysteine Concentrations with All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality in Men and Women in Korea: the Cardiovascular Disease Association Study.
- The concept of folic acid supplementation and its role in prevention of neural tube defect among pregnant women: PRISMA.
- Systematic review of adverse health outcomes associated with high serum or red blood cell folate concentrations.
- Hair Loss After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
- Quantitative Analysis of Selected Circulating Hematological Biomarkers, Essential Minerals, Vitamins, and Thyroid Hormones in Females Affected by Hair Loss.
- Twelve weeks of protracted venous infusion of fluorouracil (5-FU) is as effective as 6 months of bolus 5-FU and folinic acid as adjuvant treatment in colorectal cancer.
- Role of oxaliplatin combined with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in the first- and second-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
- Phase I-II study of vinorelbine in combination with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: a regimen with a low subjective toxic burden.