Vitamins & Supplements

What the 32 in-stock bottles here actually are

The collection lists 63 products; 32 are in stock now. Eleven brands supply them, lopsidedly: Nature Made 11 of the 32, Nature's Bounty 5, Bronson 4, GIGI Laboratories 3, Caltrate 2, NatureBell 2, and Thorne, Nordic Naturals, Integrative Therapeutics, Centrum and Puritan's Pride one each. Pricing is bottom-heavy: 11 of the 32 are under $15, 12 are $15-30, 6 are $30-50 and 3 top $50; median $17.31. The two ends: Nature Made Zero Sugar Vitamin D3 Gummies, 110 ct at $9.15 against Integrative Therapeutics EHB Herbal Capsules, 60 ct at $58.80.

Vitamin D3: 1,000 IU and 5,000 IU side by side

Price is a poor guide to strength on this shelf. Nature Made Vitamin D3 1000 IU Softgels, 180 ct is $10.87 and is one of just three softgels among the 32 in stock; nearly everything else is a tablet, gummy or capsule. Thorne Vitamin D3 5000 IU Capsules, 60 ct is $48.00 — a third of the count at five times the labeled IU. Nature Made’s Extra Strength D3 Gummies, 5000 IU, 80 count, is $10.09: same labeled strength as the Thorne capsule, very different price. That is why the Supplement Facts panel matters more than the front label: the IU figure is per serving. See our IU vs mcg guide.

Vitamin C: one tablet, three bottle counts

GIGI Laboratories accounts for 3 of the 32 in stock, and all three are the same 500 mg Ester-C tablet at different counts: 90 ct at $9.99, a 180 ct 2-pack at $15.99, and 270 ct at $20.99 — the second-largest bottle count among the in-stock items. The other vitamin C bottles change the label instead: Bronson Vitamin C 1000mg Tablets, 250 ct at $32.00 doubles the milligrams per tablet, and Liposomal Vitamin C 2000mg, 240 ct at $58.00 doubles that again in another format. Ester-C, liposomal and a plain milligram figure are label descriptions, not a ranking; the vitamin C label guide explains each.

Gummies, tablets and capsules: how the 32 split

Format is almost evenly divided across the 32 in stock:

• Tablets — 9 products, including every Ester-C and Bronson bottle above.
• Gummies — 11 products, from $9.15 to Nordic Naturals D3 + K2 Gummies, 60 ct at $48.02, with Centrum Multi Gummies + Omega 3, 110 ct at $19.41 in between.
• Capsules — 7 products, none of them under $22.99.
• Softgels — 3 products, led by the Nature Made D3 bottle above.
• Chewables and caplets — 1 product each.

Gummies are not the budget row: the cheapest product ($9.15) and one of the priciest ($48.02) are both gummies. Counts behave the same way — 60 count is the most common size (seven products), yet the 240 count bottles here are $58.00 and the 270 count is $20.99.

Tags, overlap and where to look next

26 of the 32 in-stock products carry the Immune Support tag and 30 carry Health & Vitamins, so those describe the shelf rather than filter it. The tags that narrow it are smaller: energy focus (8 products), Bone & Joint (6), Women’s Health (6), Men’s Health (5). Overlap is broad: Immune Support shares most of these products, Health & Vitamins shares all 32 and Bone & Joint only some — so the first two mostly repeat this page, while Bone & Joint is a smaller, different cut. Compare serving size, then count, then price: here $10.09 and $48.00 buy the same labeled 5,000 IU of D3.

This describes what is on these labels and what is in stock today, not what any product will do for you. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Talk to your healthcare provider before starting anything new.