Multivitamins & Minerals

Pharmaton

Boehringer Ingelheim

30 Capsules


Quality 2
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This is a multivitamin and mineral product with added Ginseng, but is different to other products in that it has a medicinal licence for the ´relief of daily fatigue, tiredness and exhaustion through stress´. This means that there is likely to be some published trials which support this claim. As such, this product can be expected to deliver the benefits for which it has been approved.   

However, its ingredients are the same as those included in most other multivitamin and mineral products, which are classified as food supplements. When compared with these and the SC Quality Benchmark, this product is found to contain 9 of the 12 essential vitamins at 100% RDA levels with only Vitamins B5 and D being omitted, in addition to Folic Acid at 50% RDA. Trace minerals are patchy in their inclusion and levels. As such, when judged as a multivitamin and mineral alongside the SC Quality benchmark and other comparable products, this product is unlikely to deliver the full range of benefits associated with daily intake of a complete multivitamin and mineral product.

The product is quite expensive.


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Active Ingredients

Per capsule:   % RDA
Ginseng Extract 40mg -
Vitamin A 800mcg 100
Biotin 150mcg 100
Thiamine (B1) 1.4mg 100
Riboflavin (B2) 1.6mg 100
Vitamin B6 2mg 100
Vitamin B12 1mcg 100
Vitamin C 60mg 100
Vitamin E 10mg 100
Nicotinamide 18mg 100
Folic Acid 100mcg 50
Iron 10mg 71
Calcium 100mg 12.5
Copper 2mg -
Magnesium 10mg 3.3
Zinc 1mg 6.7
Selenium 50mcg -
Lecithin 100mg -