Nature's Bounty Sublingual B-12 Microlozenges - Product Review

I was given Nature's Bounty sublingual B-12 microlozenges by my mom when she came over one day. If I remember right she got a great bulk deal at Costco and decided to spread the bulk love over to me. How could I to refuse anything free.

The Nature's Bounty B-12 microlozenges are cherry flavor and have 2500 mcg. of B-12, that is considered 41,667% of the recommended daily value. No, that is not a misprint; it really does say almost 42,000. Thankfully B-12 is considered a water-soluble vitamin so what is not used will go right through you. B-12 is also not an easy vitamin to assimilate, so I would say the large amount would help people to absorb at least some.

The instructions are the basic instructions of placing under your tongue and letting dissolve but the difference is that unlike most lozenges I am use to these practically instantly dissolve. They taste sweet, cherry-like and yummy so I almost wish they didn't dissolve so fast.

Nature's Bounty would probably not have been my first brand choice since I don't often buy my supplements at non-health oriented mainstream stores, as they often have too many fillers or artificial ingredients. There was an ingredients in this product that brought me concern, mostly as a vegan. It has an ingredient called crospovidone. I had to do some googling to make sure it was vegan, as the bottle only said vegetarian, not vegan. I also called Nature's Bounty to confirm it is vegan. Turns out it is a synthetic ingredient often used in pharmaceuticals. I found out that the ingredient helps a tablet disintegrate, that would explain its ability to dissolve almost instantly. The fact that it is a synthetic ingredient I am not very happy about but it is vegan so that trumps the synthetic negative, for me.

In addition to the synthetic crospovidone ingredient to confirm that Nature's Bounty is far from nature, it is also sweetened with an artificial sweetener, sucrolose, also known as Splenda. It seems that the term Nature in their name is used very loosely.

The quick dissolvability and the sweet taste of the Nature's Bounty B-12 sublingual microlozenges make them a great easy to use supplement. The weird ingredient crospovidone and the artificial sweetener sucrolose are why it will not be my first choice when my next purchase comes.