Ingredients
What each ingredient is, how much the studies used, and how much ends up in a gummy.
- Added sugar in gummy vitamins: how to count it and when it matters A gummy has 2 g to 3 g of sugar, which sounds like nothing until you take six a day. Here is how to…
- Zero sugar gummies: what replaces the sugar, and what to check Zero sugar gummies swap sugar for sugar alcohols, fibers, allulose or high-intensity sweeteners. Here is what each one is, how it is labeled and…
- Pectin vs gelatin: what your gummy is made of and why it matters Every gummy is set with a gelling agent, usually pectin or gelatin. Here is where each comes from, who can eat which, how they…
- Vitamins A, C and E in gummies: the antioxidant trio and their limits Beauty and immune gummies often combine vitamins A, C and E. Here is how much of each adults need, which forms matter, and why…
- Biotin in gummies: 30 mcg needed, 5,000 mcg sold, and the lab test warning Hair, skin and nail gummies often contain thousands of micrograms of biotin. Here is how much adults need, what the evidence shows, and why…
- Lemon balm in gummies: what the studies used and what blends hide Lemon balm is in many sleep and stress gummies, often inside a blend. Here is what it is, the amounts used in human studies,…
- Beetroot in gummies: nitrate is the number that matters Beet research is about dietary nitrate from beetroot juice. Here is how much the studies used, why beet powder and extract are hard to…
- Citicoline and Cognizin in gummies: doses and what was studied Citicoline is the main active in several focus gummies. Here is what it is, how it relates to choline, the doses used in human…
- Matcha and L-theanine in gummies: what a tenth of a gram can do Matcha is powdered green tea leaf with caffeine and L-theanine. Here is what a cup contains, what the research on L-theanine used, and how…
- Caffeine in energy gummies: how much, from what, and how to total it Energy gummies get most of their effect from caffeine, whether the label says caffeine, green tea extract or guarana. Here is how to find…