Amazon Elements Men's 40+ One Daily Multivitamin, Vegan, 65 Tablets, 2 month supply (Packaging may vary)

I’ve been taking the Amazon Elements Men’s for more or so the last three years and it’s been working really well for me. I originally used Garden of Life’s Mykind Organics Men’s Once Daily which is also a good product, but honestly, the price became too much to keep up with. That’s what made me try Amazon’s version and I haven’t looked back since. The Amazon brand while cheaper also has research showing that they use cultured ingredients and covers all the essential vitamins and minerals most people need. It includes things like B12 in its methylated form, calcium from algae, and selenium which I like for heart and prostate support. Not something too important to me but It’s also vegan, gluten-free, and doesn’t have any artificial fillers or colors. There’s even a blend of herbs like turmeric, ginger, and astragalus which I appreciate for overall wellness. When I compare it to Garden of Life, I don’t notice any difference in how I feel day to day. Garden of Life has a longer list of organic fruits and vegetables and a really high dose of B12, but unless you specifically need that, I honestly think this does the job just as well. Plus, the price is way better. A bottle of this lasts two months and costs about the same as one month of the other brand. If you’re looking for a reliable daily multivitamin that’s clean and doesn’t cost a fortune, I’d definitely recommend giving this one a shot. Three years in and I’m still happy with it.

No strong smell and no stomach issues for me, even when taken without food. I like that it doesn’t feel overloaded compared to some multivitamins. Packaging is clean and clear about ingredients. Nothing fancy, but it works well if you just want a basic daily supplement.

These, I feel, have helped me a lot with overall energy. The pill is huge; I found it's better if I take it with dinner. I'm not sure how much of it absorbs, but for me, I feel it works pretty well.

I've not always been a huge fan of multivitamins. The sourcing is the problem. I used to buy from a local health food store that was made from whole foods. But the rising expense eventually stopped me and you don't notice when you stop taking vitamins like you notice when you start taking them. Ideally we should be able to get all we need from a proper diet...but this is America and we love fast paced lives and tend to reward ourselves all too often with fast food and treats. Bottom line is we need something. I have good and bad things to say or clarify. 1) This is the first multivitamin my wife has ever been able to take that didn't upset her stomach. Yeah it says for men, but traditionally the only difference between men and women version is extra iron for women, which she gets plenty of. 2) One reviewer said these smell like syrup. I wouldn't want to eat breakfast with them. They smell like food, just like the health store vitamins I took years ago. 3) I find these to be a typical size for a multivitamin. If you are on a liquid diet, then yes these will be difficult to swallow, there are better options for you. Add this to the Ninja blender when you make your smoothies. But if you still eat normal foods you regularly swallow much bigger bites than this is. If you have trouble swallowing pills you might want to try a little mind over matter. Convince yourself it's a big juicy cheeseburger you're swallowing and use plenty of water. Swallowing pills is easy. I'm in my 50's and I still swallow 8 to 10 large and small pills at one time (I take a lot of supplements). 4) If you have a crappy diet you will probably feel an energy boost. If you basically eat well...not so much. That's not the fault of this product, just nature. This isn't the answer to all your dreams and wishes... it's a high quality multivitamin. I know very few people that only eat properly sourced non-gmo food and honestly they don't look all that good. Every American needs a multivitamin. I wish it weren't so but that's life. 5) I don't know what happened when they had the label printed but it's a giant blur. You can see a high res photo of it on the product page. Amazon really needs to remedy that. I guess they spent all their money on the sourcing of high quality foods and laboratory analysis and not on a pretty label. Money well spent...but still. Fix the label. This is the best affordable multivitamin on the market sourced from non-gmo whole foods. Try it for yourself because you probably need one anyway.

Honestly, I never thought I'd be reviewing vitamins. These are exceptional enough to deserve a review, though. I've been taking both this Men's multivitamin and a B-complex vitamin from the same Amazon line of supplements. These are the exceptional things I like about them: If one reads the newspaper or follows health issues, one occasionally reads a story about batches of vitamin supplements that are found to contain everything from toxic heavy metals and plastics to mold, fungus, toxins resulting from unstable ingredients and other equally nasty, life-threatening stuff. Even more common are supplements that are discovered not to contain the nutrients that are supposed to be in them. There doesn't seem to be a lot of actual regulation of these products. Amazon has gone way beyond anything I've seen to test and verify each batch of these vitamins. There's a QR code with them that allowed me to find out a great deal of information about the bottle of pills that was shipped to me. It's a comfort knowing that the potency of each ingredient has been verified; they have been tested for mold, yeasts, lead, insecticides and many other contaminants. The level of transparency is impressive. So is the formulation. This is a lot more than a typical once a day vitamin. They've included important trace elements along with certain botanicals like turmeric and ginger which id have to take as a separate pill normally. All in all, I've yet to find this combination of formulation, potency, and transparency. The icing on the cake is that most of the ingredients are sourced from organic, vegan food and that the cost is very reasonable, especially if you use Subscribe and Save every 60 days to get an extra discount. With the discount, they're unbeatable. I wish that every brand did the same. Oh, and they're made in Arizona, to boot! On the negative side, the pills do have an unusual aroma of maple syrup and a herbaceous overtone. For me, this was only an issue at first because it's unusual. Now, I hardly notice it. Other people have mentioned that the pills are on the large size. I don't mind it. Actually, I'd rather have one big pill to take once a day than a packet with 6 or more medium pills to get the same ingredients. Not an issue. Lastly, whoever designed the label must have thought it looked great on the screen. But that tiny reverse printed font is impossible to read. Luckily, the information is a lot more readable online. So, I'd say that these are a great choice for anyone looking to guarantee a nutritionally complete diet. Highly recommended! FWIW, I almost never give out a 5-star rating. Most things rate a 4 or less. I could take off for the label but I'm sure it'll get changed at some point and better information is online anyway.

Very good supplements for men.

I like this formula and it appears to be of good quality. The ingredients fit with what I am looking for in a Multivitamin. However, I find the tablet size to be too large and very difficult to swallow. I do not have trouble swallowing other tablets. I wish they would do two smaller tablets as a dose rather than one large one. For this reason alone, I would not order again.

They seem to be a knock off of the GNC MEga Mens 50+ that rollercoaster on price and availability. These appeared fresh, and the lot number agreed. They're just as smelly and just as big as the GNC product that I took because I tolerated them well, and these the same. Plus they were available and a good price.