$15.60 $0.06 per serving
Product analysis
Pure Buffered Magnesium Ascorbate offers economical vitamin C support for normal immune function and collagen formation when intake is low. Regular vitamin C use may modestly shorten colds.
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Nutrient Quality40
Both nutrients are identified as magnesium ascorbate. The available information does not establish how their form quality compares with alternatives.
Ingredient Transparency100
Both amounts and forms are stated. The clear disclosure makes the vitamin C and magnesium contributions easier to check.
Value For Money79
Vitamin C offers favorable value for the amount supplied. Magnesium value remains unresolved, so the cost advantage is clearest for vitamin C.
Customer Satisfaction72
Customer ratings are very favorable, but the review base is small. The positive satisfaction pattern is therefore less established than for widely reviewed alternatives.
Product Focus76
Vitamin C provides the clearest nutritional role in immune function and collagen formation. Magnesium makes a smaller contribution, while broader inflammation and eye-health effects remain uncertain.
- Format
Powder - Container
- 8 Liquid(s)
- Per serving
- $0.06
- Customer rating
- 4.8 · 64 ratings
Goals
Impact
High effect
Magnesium · 60 mgVitamin C · 820 mg
Vitamin C can help fill a dietary gap and supports normal antioxidant and immune functions. Magnesium contributes a smaller amount and falls below the saved amount threshold. The supplied context does not establish extra protection against illness from the larger vitamin C amount when intake is adequate.
How this product is rated for Everyday Health
Ingredient fit87
The recognized ingredients are focused on the evaluated nutritional roles, although the product is also linked to other goals. The recognized amounts cover part of the saved comparison ranges; these ranges do not define personal requirements or a clinical response.
Goal fit
The recognized ingredients are focused on the evaluated nutritional roles, although the product is also linked to other goals.
Dose adequacy
The recognized amounts cover part of the saved comparison ranges; these ranges do not define personal requirements or a clinical response.
Pathways48
The strongest saved connection is normal antioxidant and immune functions; this describes ingredient roles rather than demonstrated improvement in overall health.
Depth
The strongest saved connection is normal antioxidant and immune functions; this describes ingredient roles rather than demonstrated improvement in overall health.
Breadth
1 evaluated areas reach the saved coverage threshold, led by normal antioxidant and immune functions.
Evidence74
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding; its nutritional contribution is conditional on inadequate intake.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding; its nutritional contribution is conditional on inadequate intake.
Studied preparation
The saved finding accepts the evaluated preparations; it does not establish superiority of a particular chemical form or delivery method.
Formulation logic100
No unmet partner requirement or configured conflict was detected, and the recognized ingredients reach the saved amount threshold.
Partner coverage
No recognized ingredient has an unmet partner requirement; an additional benefit from combining the ingredients is not established.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was detected in the supplied facts.
Effective doses
The recognized ingredients reach the saved amount threshold; this does not establish improved health outcomes.
Impact
Highest effect
Magnesium · 60 mgVitamin C · 820 mg
Vitamin C contributes to normal immune-cell function and may modestly shorten colds with regular use. This does not establish prevention of infection or treatment of an established cold, and a single selected serving does not establish the repeated regimen studied. The amount provides a substantial nutrient contribution without proving that higher intake brings greater benefit. The smaller magnesium amount is not independently counted.
How this product is rated for Immunity
Ingredient fit87
Vitamin C is a relevant contributor alongside the other counted ingredients. Their nutritional roles or limited regular-use evidence do not establish general infection prevention.
Goal fit
Vitamin C provides the main relevant contribution; the formula has no additional actives diluting this finding.
Dose adequacy
The counted amounts meet the saved comparison; substantial nutrient amounts do not establish larger immune benefits or a repeated daily regimen.
Pathways53
Innate immune-cell function is the strongest association. The broader findings span innate immune-cell function.
Depth
innate immune-cell function is the strongest association in the saved findings; this is not a prediction of protection against infection.
Breadth
innate immune-cell function meet the breadth comparison; coverage describes ingredient roles rather than clinical protection.
Evidence100
Vitamin C has limited evidence for modestly shorter colds with regular use; infection prevention and single-serving treatment effects are not established.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C has limited evidence for modestly shorter colds with regular use; infection prevention and single-serving treatment effects are not established.
Studied preparation
The counted preparations meet the saved preparation finding; no added clinical benefit from buffered, liposomal or named salt forms is established.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients meet the amount and partner checks, with no evaluated ingredient conflict triggered. This does not establish synergy or overall suitability.
Partner coverage
Every counted ingredient works independently or has its required partner; this does not establish extra benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
None of the evaluated combinations triggered a conflict finding; this does not establish overall suitability.
Effective doses
All independently counted ingredients meet the amount check; smaller present ingredients may be outside this finding.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 820 mg
Vitamin C supports collagen formation and helps restore impaired wound healing when intake is low. Extra vitamin C has no established skin benefit when intake is adequate. The calcium ascorbate form does not establish an additional cosmetic benefit.
How this product is rated for Skin Health
Ingredient fit80
The relevant skin ingredients sit within a broader formula serving other purposes. The declared amount reaches the saved amount benchmark; this does not establish additional cosmetic benefit.
Goal fit
The relevant skin ingredients sit within a broader formula serving other purposes.
Dose adequacy
The declared amount reaches the saved amount benchmark; this does not establish additional cosmetic benefit.
Pathways0
The contribution concerns nutritional support rather than demonstrated coverage of collagen structure, hydration, barrier lipids or UV-response outcomes.
Depth
The contribution concerns nutritional support rather than demonstrated coverage of collagen structure, hydration, barrier lipids or UV-response outcomes.
Breadth
No skin outcome pathway reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Evidence100
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence findings; its clearest skin role is correcting low intake, rather than improving already adequate nutrition.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence findings; its clearest skin role is correcting low intake, rather than improving already adequate nutrition.
Studied preparation
The saved findings recognize the declared forms; form recognition does not prove extra cosmetic benefit from these nutrients.
Formulation logic100
The credited ingredients have no unmet partner requirement or matched conflict in the saved findings. Their amounts pass the saved minimum inclusion check.
Partner coverage
The credited ingredients are treated as able to contribute independently or as having their required partner.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was matched in the supplied findings.
Effective doses
The credited ingredient amounts pass the saved minimum inclusion check; this is not a proven effective skin dose.
Impact
Highest effect
Vitamin C · 820 mg
Vitamin C provides the main connection to oxidative stress. Its inflammatory-marker benefit was limited to people with elevated baseline inflammation in the supplied trial, which found no benefit overall. The magnesium amount is too small to contribute meaningfully to these findings.
How this product is rated for Inflammation
Ingredient fit87
Vitamin C is the main relevant ingredient. The declared amount supports the saved contribution, subject to the ingredient’s specific evidence limits.
Goal fit
Vitamin C provides the main relevant ingredient focus, with a relatively focused formula.
Dose adequacy
820 mg of vitamin C per serving provides a partial amount comparison with the reviewed exposure.
Pathways48
The contribution is concentrated in oxidative and mitochondrial stress, rather than broad coverage of the assessed inflammatory routes.
Depth
Vitamin C supplies the main contribution in oxidative and mitochondrial stress.
Breadth
Only oxidative and mitochondrial stress reaches the coverage threshold; the other assessed routes add no coverage.
Evidence87
Vitamin C supplies the main evidence connection, with benefit conditional on elevated baseline inflammation in the supplied trial.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the evidence finding; the supplied trial signal was confined to elevated baseline inflammation.
Studied preparation
The saved findings accept the vitamin C preparation; buffered forms have no established extra anti-inflammatory advantage.
Formulation logic100
Vitamin C can contribute independently, with no configured ingredient conflict identified.
Partner coverage
Vitamin C can contribute without a required companion ingredient.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied findings.
Effective doses
Vitamin C meets the amount threshold used for inclusion; this is not a proven effective clinical dose.
Impact
High effect
Vitamin C · 820 mg
Vitamin C have evidence within a defined combination for selected people with age-related macular degeneration. This does not establish standalone prevention or improved visual performance from this product.
How this product is rated for Eye Health
Ingredient fit80
Vitamin C provide the principal vision connection. The amount comparison is distinct from evidence of routine vision improvement.
Goal fit
Vitamin C provide the relevant connection within a broader formula containing ingredients directed at other goals.
Dose adequacy
The relevant amounts meet the saved comparison exposures; this does not establish a proven dose for routine vision improvement.
Pathways47
The strongest connection is retinal and lens antioxidant defense. The other reviewed aspects of vision have limited coverage.
Depth
The main supplied mechanism is retinal and lens antioxidant defense, through Vitamin C. Mechanistic relevance alone does not demonstrate improved vision.
Breadth
Only one reviewed mechanism has meaningful coverage, leaving a narrow connection rather than support across several aspects of vision.
Evidence68
Vitamin C leads the evidence finding; preparation matches do not remove the population and combination limits.
Evidence strength
Vitamin C leads the saved evidence finding. Its clinical relevance remains limited to the specific populations and preparations described above.
Studied preparation
The included ingredients match preparations recognized in the saved comparison; this does not establish that the whole product matches a proven clinical regimen.
Formulation logic100
No missing required partner or matched conflict was identified. The relevant ingredients meet the saved amount threshold.
Partner coverage
The included ingredients can act independently or have their required partner; this does not establish an added vision benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
No conflict was identified by the supplied checks. This limited finding does not establish general product safety.
Effective doses
The included ingredients meet the saved amount threshold, which is not a proven minimum dose for improving vision.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Vitamin C (Magnesium Ascorbate) | 820 mg | |
Magnesium (Magnesium Ascorbate) | 60 mg |
Vitamin C (Magnesium Ascorbate) · 820 mg OverallScore89
Each serving provides 820 mg of vitamin C as buffered magnesium ascorbate. Based on the whole-product price, the cost is about $0.08 per gram of vitamin C.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability83
Vitamin C comes from magnesium ascorbate, a buffered mineral form.
Vitamin C Chemical Form & Delivery System
The vitamin C source is magnesium ascorbate, a mineral ascorbate.
Gastric Comfort & pH Balance
Magnesium ascorbate is a buffered form of vitamin C.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency91
Each serving provides 820 mg of vitamin C, and its source is identified.
Optimal Dosage Targeting
Each serving provides 820 mg of vitamin C, an amount favored by this evaluation.
Purity & Excipient Quality
The available other-ingredient information has no flagged artificial colors or sweeteners.
Mineral & Source Transparency
The vitamin C amount, magnesium ascorbate source and magnesium amount are listed; the mineral need not all come from the ascorbate.
Value100
The whole-product price works out to about $0.08 per gram of vitamin C, a low cost in this comparison.
Price per Gram of Vitamin C
The whole-product price works out to about $0.08 per gram of vitamin C, a low cost in this comparison.
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- Perioperative systemic magnesium to minimize postoperative pain: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Long-term outcome after intravenous magnesium sulphate in suspected acute myocardial infarction: the second Leicester Intravenous Magnesium Intervention Trial (LIMIT-2).
- Association of magnesium sulfate use with mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study.
- Hypomagnesemia and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients.
- The effects of magnesium supplementation on abnormal uterine bleeding, alopecia, quality of life, and acne in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized clinical trial.
- 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.
- Hypomagnesemia Is a Risk Factor for Infections after Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
- Higher Intake of Dietary Magnesium Is Inversely Associated With COVID-19 Severity and Symptoms in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.
- Mg2+ regulates cytotoxic functions of NK and CD8 T cells in chronic EBV infection through NKG2D.
- Effect of magnesium on granulocyte function and on the exercise induced inflammatory response.
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes following magnesium sulfate in the setting of chorioamnionitis: a meta-analysis.