Garden of LifeVegetarian Multivitamin Supplement for Kids, Vitamin Code Kids Chewable Raw Whole Food Vitamin with Probiotics, 60 Chewable Bears

Firstly, let me start by stating that I know Nestle acquired Garden of Life in 2017. Of course, I enjoy supporting small, family-owned business. However, until I find a better alternative as a chewable vitamin for my toddler, this is in my opinion best offering in the market as mentioned below.My wife breastfed my son until he was 20 months old. Then he became a very picky eater. We know it is a phase and will end sometime in the future, but until then we wanted to supplement his diet with a good quality vitamin. We researched extensively various 'well-regarded' brands for vitamins for children that were not produced with synthetic this and that, that were free of artificial flavors, sweeteners, colorings, etc. And, we found 3 products. One is this one, which is a chewable vitamin. The other is Drucker Labs IntraKid, which is a liquid vitamin. Third is MegaFood's Kids One Daily; this is a vitamin for older kids that can swallow a small tablet as it is 'not' in chewable form.At 20 months, MegaFoods' Kids One Daily was not in our list as our son wouldn't be able to swallow a tablet for quite some time. We bought Drucker Labs IntraKid at first. This is a liquid vitamin, very expensive and suggested for children who are 4 and older (like Garden of Life's Multivitamin). We planned to start with quarter of the suggested dose to our 20 months old son and then increase it to the half of the suggested dose when our son reached 2 years old. IntraKid is full of good stuff, no doubt. However, when you put that much stuff in a liquid vitamin (including Omegas), I don't think there is a flavor in the world that can make it taste good. We tried to inject the liquid with a syringe to his mouth. We tried to mix it with juices, etc. (he would never finish the whole thing, which meant he couldn't get the exact amount). There was simply no way we could make our son drink Intrakid. When we tried it, it was very bad tasting. There is no way I could drink it regularly myself to be honest. Hence, we saw no point buying it again and spending that much money.Then, we tried Garden of Life... Firstly, we both tried it ourselves and loved the taste actually. It is packed with lots of important vitamins, no artificial flavors, colorings and still taste decent. Of course, if a kid or adult was used to taking chewable vitamins with artificial flavors/sweeteners, it would probably be a hard switch. Obviously, this wasn't the case for our son. At 20 months old, we started with half a bear. It breaks easily; you don't need a knife or a cutter. We sat with him and chewed one ourselves. We also observed him for awhile to make sure he didn't choke since he was still under 2. At 2 years old, we increased the amount to a full bear (the serving size is 2 bears for children 4 and older). At 3 years old, we increased the amount to 1.5 bears. At 4, we will give him 2 bears. In addition to this vitamin, we give him fish oil (Nordic Naturals) regularly. Since he is a picky eater, giving him this vitamin along with fish oil gives us a peace of mind. Until our son can swallow a tablet, we will stick to this brand as we couldn't find an alternative chewable vitamin as of 2019. When he can swallow, we plan to switch to MegaFood's Kids One Daily.I will post this review on IntraKid's page as well since it is basically a comparison.

ok.. so.. i just don't want anyone to be misled here.if someone tells you that the amount in these vitamins are for kids.. that is not true.you look at the actual amounts.. for example 20 mcg for d3. now if you look at an adult multi that has 100% of the rda re d3.. it will say 20 mcg. if you take 2 of these bears.. it will provide 20 mcg of d3. that is 100% of the rda.so.. if anyone says that these pills are formulated for kids.. as far as the amount in the product.. that is not true. they are formulated for kids regarding the fact they can be chewed.. but regarding the amount in the product.. if an adult takes them.. takes 2.. which is the serving amount.. that adult will get 100% of d3.. or whatever other vitamin or mineral it says 100% of.. or whatever other percentage of. the kid will too.the only reason i am trying to combat this is because at my local health food store.. the person said it was formulated for kids.. and if you want to take it as an adult.. you have to take more. that is not true.also.. i called garden of life and asked them about this.. and they said the same thing.. that it is for children.. and if you want to get the amount that would be for an adult.. you would have to take more.. or take a different pill.i do not like incorrect information. i do not like it when people who have not thought things through try to tell me things and are dogmatic about them when they are totally wrong.so.. if you are an adult.. and you want to take this.. go ahead. it will work for you.what i do is take a mega food adult over 50.. half of the tablet.. and one of these bears.. and that ends up being about 100% of the vitamins and minerals that are needed.. not with every one of them.. but with a lot.i hope this might help anyone.have a nice day.

Not tasty; chalky consistency. I don’t feel like we are picky about supplements- my boys struggled taking these and one of them gagged. I took one myself to prove they were being dramatic- the taste is blehh and I couldn’t get that (metalic-y?) after taste out of my mouth til I finally tongue scraped and brushed my tongue. I don’t want to waste money but they’re going in the trash. Such a bummer because the other things we’ve gotten from this company have been great.

This is a very good vitamin and was taken readily by both my kids from the time they were very little. Over the past year or so, we needed to switch to another brand as this one is often “unavailable and not sure when it will be available again.” We thought this meant there must’ve been a recall or some product modification of some sort. We recently checked to see if it was available again and saw there was “1 left in stock.” In the 60 quantity. For 2 kids this would last a little more than Half a month, so may not be as feasible. We thought to try this one again to see if it was the same as before. To be continued