Kids vitamins are a necessary part of growing up. In order to build a strong body, the food you eat may not give every child all the advantage they need. Problem is that the best kids vitamins are sometimes hard to pick out unless you are armed with a lot of detailed information.

Kids vitamins are necessary for…well…kids! Kids vitamins help provide extra nutrition over and above their diet to help kids grow and get strong. Kids vitamins are unique as they contain smaller doses of the necessary nutrients than do adult vitamins.

But, there is a lot to know when choosing the best kids vitamins. Without reading the labels AND knowing what to look for, you may be giving your kids vitamins and minerals that are mostly synthetic and contain artificial sweeteners, colors and flavors.

Let’s look at three of the most popular chewable kids vitamins:

Flintstones Complete Chewable

These vitamins contain not only sugars called sucrose, xylitol and sorbitol, but for some reason they also add aspartame (Nutrasweet). Note the warning on the label: PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE.

This warning on any product is further confirmation beyond the ingredient list that the product contains aspartame, a well know neurotoxin…that means it’s really bad for you!

Flintstones Complete kids vitamins also contain artificial flavors, colors and hydrogenated soy oil. No reason to have any of the above in a kids vitamin. Not all of their products contain aspartame, but they all do contain artificial flavors and colors. This product does not use common names for the nutrients to be able to tell if they are synthetic or natural. Figure they are synthetic if they do not bother to differentiate the ingredients.

Gummy Bears, also called Gummy Vites

Odd sugar ingredients in this kids vitamin as it contains glucose syrup and sucrose. The ingredients also list the Vitamin E as dl-alpha tocopherol. The “l” in “dl” means the Vitamin E is synthetic and studies show synthetic is not as absorbable as natural Vitamin E.

Centrum Kids Complete

These kids vitamins follow approximately the same ingredient profile as the Flintstones kids vitamins. Containing sugars called sucrose, lactose (milk sugar) and dried corn syrup, they also add aspartame (Nutrasweet). Artificial flavors and colors abound as does the synthetic Vitamin E and this kids vitamin has a much longer label to list all the chemistry in it that you don’t want your kids to have.

So, what to do about kids vitamins? How about a more natural approach with higher quality raw materials and NO artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners?

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Chewable Kids Vitamins

Metagenics, Inc. product called Multigenics Chewable is a high quality multiple vitamin and mineral supplement with excellent nutrient bioavailability designed especially for children or for those adults who prefer a chewable tablet.

Multigenics Chewable Orange Flavor