Natural Cran-Raspberry Flavor Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg
Goals
$11.96 $0.13 per serving
Product analysis
Natural Cran-Raspberry Flavor Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg provides vitamin C for normal collagen formation and immune functions, especially when intake is low. The added fruit ingredients do not establish extra skin benefits beyond the vitamin C.
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Nutrient Quality31
The vitamin C forms are named, but their proportions and several other forms are unclear. There is not enough information for a firm quality judgment about the complete mixture.
Ingredient Transparency55
The listed amounts are disclosed, making serving comparisons possible. Missing forms and the vitamin C form breakdown limit a closer comparison.
Value For Money45
Vitamin C offers moderate value for the amount supplied. Value remains uncertain for the added fruit ingredients and other components.
Customer Satisfaction86
Customer feedback is favorable across a large review base. Those opinions do not establish immune or skin benefits.
Product Focus68
Vitamin C provides the clearest purpose through normal nutrient functions and collagen formation. Extra vitamin C does not establish additional cosmetic benefit when intake is adequate.
- Format
Tablet - Container
- 90 Tablet(s)
- Per serving
- $0.13
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Goals
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C offers modest support for shorter colds with regular use. Its 500 mg per serving gives a partial contribution in the saved amount comparison, chiefly within innate immune-cell functions. The accompanying vitamin C source material has an unresolved aggregate amount, and its mass cannot be treated as additional vitamin C or evidence of superior effects.
How this product is rated for Immunity
Ingredient fit74
The declared amounts provide partial contributions overall, rather than all reaching their saved comparison endpoints.
Goal fit
Vitamin C contributes to the identified immune-related area; links to several goals broaden the product's intended use.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts provide partial contributions overall, rather than all reaching their saved comparison endpoints.
Pathways40
The identified contributions cover innate immune cell activity.
Depth
The strongest identified coverage is in innate immune cell activity.
Breadth
The identified coverage extends to innate immune cell activity.
Evidence100
Vitamin C has modest regular-use cold-duration support, without establishing general prevention or treatment of an existing cold.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C has modest regular-use cold-duration support, without establishing general prevention or treatment of an existing cold.
Studied preparation
The saved preparation finding accepts the counted forms; no superiority for a particular form or delivery method follows.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients meet the minimum amount and partner requirements. No configured ingredient conflict was triggered by the supplied facts.
Partner coverage
Each counted ingredient works alone or has its required partner; this does not establish added clinical benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was triggered by the supplied facts.
Effective doses
The counted ingredients reach the saved minimum amount criterion, which is not a proven clinical threshold.
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C at 500 mg provides nutritional support relevant to normal immune function and antioxidant protection. Its clearest everyday role is meeting nutrient needs; the supplied findings do not support promises of preventing illness or added benefit above adequacy.
How this product is rated for Everyday Health
Ingredient fit53
The relevant ingredients share the formula with ingredients aimed at other uses, giving it a broader focus. The declared amounts provide partial coverage of the amounts used in the saved assessment.
Goal fit
The relevant ingredients share the formula with ingredients aimed at other uses, giving it a broader focus.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts provide partial coverage of the amounts used in the saved assessment.
Pathways17
The strongest saved contribution concerns antioxidant and immune defence, with partial coverage. No pathway reaches the saved threshold for substantial coverage.
Depth
The strongest saved contribution concerns antioxidant and immune defence, with partial coverage.
Breadth
No pathway reaches the saved threshold for substantial coverage.
Evidence74
Vitamin C supplies the strongest saved evidence among ingredients at an assessed effective amount, while relevance to broad everyday health remains conditional. The saved findings recognize the assessed effective ingredients as studied preparations.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C supplies the strongest saved evidence among ingredients at an assessed effective amount, while relevance to broad everyday health remains conditional.
Studied preparation
The saved findings recognize the assessed effective ingredients as studied preparations.
Formulation logic100
The credited ingredients can contribute independently or have their required partners. No configured ingredient conflicts were recorded in the saved findings. All credited ingredients meet the saved minimum amount.
Partner coverage
The credited ingredients can contribute independently or have their required partners.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflicts were recorded in the saved findings.
Effective doses
All credited ingredients meet the saved minimum amount.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C helps make collagen and supports wound healing when intake is low. Extra vitamin C has no established cosmetic benefit when intake is adequate. Acerola and rose hips do not establish additional vitamin C content or a separate skin benefit.
How this product is rated for Skin Health
Ingredient fit94
Declared vitamin C supplies the nutritional connection; fruit material adds no independently established contribution.
Goal fit
The recognized ingredients provide a focused connection to skin, although links to other goals also affect focus.
Dose adequacy
The recognized ingredient receives full amount recognition; this is not proof of greater cosmetic benefit at this serving amount.
Pathways0
No direct cosmetic pathway is recognized; nutritional roles remain separate.
Depth
No direct collagen, hydration, barrier or UV pathway contribution is recognized.
Breadth
No direct cosmetic pathways meet the supplied coverage requirement.
Evidence100
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding. Its skin relevance remains limited by the specific population, preparation or nutritional conditions described.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C has the strongest recognized evidence, chiefly for its essential function and deficiency-related skin problems.
Studied preparation
The saved finding recognizes the eligible preparations; this does not remove the supplied context's population, composition or outcome limitations.
Formulation logic100
No required partner is missing and no assessed conflict is recorded among the recognized ingredients.
Partner coverage
The recognized ingredients do not require an additional missing partner; no extra combination benefit is established.
Conflicts
No assessed conflict is recorded; this does not establish comprehensive interaction testing.
Effective doses
All counted ingredients meet the saved minimum amount criterion, which is not proof of a clinically effective skin dose.
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Whether vitamin C reduces inflammation in everyday use is unclear. Its possible effect on CRP, a blood marker linked to inflammation, depends on starting inflammation levels rather than the serving amount alone. A change in that marker also doesn't necessarily mean you'll experience less pain, swelling or other symptoms.
How this product is rated for Inflammation
Ingredient fit60
Vitamin C has a conditional inflammatory-marker signal rather than a reliable general anti-inflammatory benefit.
Goal fit
Vitamin C has a conditional inflammatory-marker signal rather than a reliable general anti-inflammatory benefit.
Dose adequacy
Rose Hip 4 mg and Vitamin C 500 mg per serving; these declared amounts alone do not demonstrate symptom relief.
Pathways17
The relevant ingredient functions do not imply broad relief across different inflammatory conditions.
Depth
Vitamin C has a conditional inflammatory-marker signal rather than a reliable general anti-inflammatory benefit.
Breadth
Several distinct anti-inflammatory effects are not demonstrated by ingredient presence alone.
Evidence87
Vitamin C has a conditional inflammatory-marker signal rather than a reliable general anti-inflammatory benefit.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C has a conditional inflammatory-marker signal rather than a reliable general anti-inflammatory benefit.
Studied preparation
Preparation-specific benefits cannot be assumed to apply to every form or use of this ingredient.
Formulation logic100
No particular ingredient conflict or missing required partner is identified.
Partner coverage
No missing required ingredient partner is identified.
Conflicts
No particular ingredient conflict is identified.
Effective doses
Rose Hip 4 mg and Vitamin C 500 mg per serving; a numerical dose comparison is not a guarantee of anti-inflammatory benefit.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 500 mg
Vitamin C contributes to antioxidant nutrition, but its vision findings come from a defined combination used in selected people with AMD. This product’s vitamin C alone does not establish better everyday visual performance or prevention of eye disease. A larger serving amount does not turn the combination findings into evidence for a standalone benefit.
How this product is rated for Eye Health
Ingredient fit73
Vitamin C receives the main saved credit, but the relevant findings do not establish a standalone routine vision benefit. The useful interpretation depends on the population and outcome studied.
Goal fit
Vitamin C receives the main saved credit, but the relevant findings do not establish a standalone routine vision benefit.
Dose adequacy
The declared serving amount meets part or all of the comparison reference, without establishing an effective standalone vision dose.
Pathways47
The saved findings concentrate on antioxidant-related connections in the retina and lens; those roles do not establish improved vision. Coverage remains concentrated in this area.
Depth
The saved findings concentrate on antioxidant-related connections in the retina and lens; those roles do not establish improved vision.
Breadth
The saved findings concentrate in one area, with limited coverage of the other examined aspects of vision.
Evidence68
Vitamin C leads the saved findings, but its supplied scientific context does not establish an independent everyday vision benefit. Combination findings cannot establish the same benefit for this product.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the saved findings, but its supplied scientific context does not establish an independent everyday vision benefit.
Studied preparation
The counted ingredients meet the saved preparation criteria; this does not transfer a complete clinical regimen’s benefit to this product.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients have their required partners and no evaluated conflict was identified. The amount threshold does not establish a proven vision regimen.
Partner coverage
No counted ingredient lacks a required partner in this comparison; this does not establish that a clinical combination regimen has been reproduced.
Conflicts
No evaluated ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied facts.
Effective doses
The counted ingredients meet the comparison’s amount threshold; this does not establish a proven visual-performance dose.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Calories | 10 Calorie(s) | |
Total Carbohydrates | 2 Gram(s) | |
Vitamin C (Calcium Ascorbate, L-Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate) | 500 mg | |
Sodium | 30 mg | |
Acerola extract | 10 mg | |
Rose Hips | 4 mg |
Each serving provides 500 mg of vitamin C from calcium and sodium ascorbates, both buffered mineral forms. Their proportions and the calcium amount are not established by the saved facts.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability83
Vitamin C is supplied by calcium ascorbate and sodium ascorbate, with their proportions unknown.
Vitamin C Chemical Form & Delivery System
The vitamin C comes from calcium ascorbate and sodium ascorbate; their individual proportions are not established.
Gastric Comfort & pH Balance
Both named vitamin C sources are mineral ascorbates, which the evaluation treats as buffered.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency71
Each serving provides 500 mg of vitamin C. A sweetener is flagged in the ingredient evidence.
Optimal Dosage Targeting
A serving provides 500 mg of vitamin C.
Purity & Excipient Quality
The evaluation flags a sweetener, though the saved facts do not specify its type.
Mineral & Source Transparency
The vitamin C amount and sodium are recorded, but a matching calcium amount is not established in the saved facts.
Value50
The whole product costs about $0.13 per serving for 500 mg of vitamin C.
Price per Gram of Vitamin C
Based on the whole-product serving price, the cost is about $0.27 per gram of vitamin C.
Acerola · 10 mg OverallScore20
A serving lists 10 mg of acerola. Its vitamin C contribution is not specified in the saved facts, so the acerola weight alone cannot establish that amount.
How this ingredient is rated
Composition and Label Disclosure20
The saved facts do not identify the preparation or the vitamin C amount or percentage from acerola.
Marker and Preparation Disclosure
The saved facts do not identify the preparation or the vitamin C amount or percentage from acerola.
Composition and Label Disclosure20
The acerola amount is known, but the plant species and source-associated part are not identified in the saved facts.
Acerola Botanical Identity Disclosure
The acerola amount is known, but the plant species and source-associated part are not identified in the saved facts.
Commercial Price and Usability
A price comparison was not evaluated for acerola.
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- 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.