Nature’s Way Sambucus Elderberry Gummies for Kids, Immune Support Gummies*, with Vitamin C and Zinc
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am a firm believer in the medicinal power of elderberry when it comes to the immune system and I always make sure to have some form of it (liquid, gummies, effervescent tablets) on-hand in the house and on-the-go. As a teacher in an elementary school, it\'s imperative that I have some sort of immune support supplement with me because my students are constantly sick and don\'t always cover their mouths or noses. I take these both as a preventative to keep from getting sick, and then as a "medicine" if I do get sick. The taste is good, kind of grape-like, so you definitely won\'t dread having to take these.\n\nThere are three different Elderberry gummies on Amazon that I looked at before deciding on this brand. Here\'s a breakdown of the three brands, so you can decide which is best for you:\n\nNature\'s Way:\n- 60 gummies per container, you have to take 2, and each serving has 50mg of elderberry in it.\n- Vitamin C is 90mg.\n- Zinc is 7.5mg.\n- Cost is $13.\n\nSambucol:\n- 30 gummies per container, you have to take 1, and each serving has 50mg of elderberry in it.\n- Vitamin C is 45mg.\n- Zinc is 3.75mg.\n- Cost is $10.\n\nZarbees:\n- 60 gummies per container, you have to take 3, and each serving has 135mg of elderberry in it.\n- Vitamin C is 187mg.\n- Zinc is 2.3mg.\n- Cost is $17.\n\nZarbees brand has the biggest milligram amount of elderberry and vitamin C, which is great if you prefer a stronger supplement, but it also costs more and has fewer servings for the money compared to the other brands (20 servings instead of 30). Sambucol brand is the cheapest of the three, but its vitamin C and zinc content is minimal (and you need those, they\'re beneficial!). You could double the serving with this brand to 2 gummies to get more milligrams out of it, but you\'d be cutting your servings down to 15 per bottle. Nature\'s Way, for me, has enough vitamin C and elderberry in it to justify the cost, and I don\'t have to sacrifice servings, so I won\'t go through this bottle as quickly or break the bank when I need to re-order. It\'s the best middle choice if you\'re on a budget or if you just want to try an elderberry supplement for the first time.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It’s a great product, but they recently changed the ingredients. I’ve uploaded pictures for reference, but they have switched from coconut oil to a palm and coconut blend. The packaging says “new look- same great product” but that’s misleading.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I work in an elementary school and am surrounded by sick kiddos during the winter season. I also have two kids of my own who attend two different schools and a husband who works in a health clinic. To say we are exposed to the flu regularly is an extreme understatement.\n\nI started using these gummies around Xmas time when the flu started making itself known in our small Wyoming town. I took two gummies in the morning and two gummies at night, daily. My kids (10 and 12) each took two gummies once per day. We were stupid and didn't get the flu shot. Around January many of my students and kids' friends came down with Influenza A. Everyone was dropping like flies. Our family remained strong...until...the gummies ran out. I had recommended them to all of my friends. Apparently everyone else had too because Amazon ran out and I couldn't find them available in any local or online drugstores. We went elderberry free for the remainder of January and all of February. About mid February my husband caught a nasty cold and passed it to me (I hadn't even had a sniffle when taking the Elderberry gummies.). Kids began coughing. I searched high and low but still no Sambucus gummies available anywhere. After fighting the cold for a few weeks, I ended up getting Influenza B. I passed it to my husband and daughter. At that time, I found some elderberry liquid at our local drugstore and began taking it immediately, as did my daughter. Since I was too late for Tamiflu by the time I was diagnosed, I had to solely rely on elderberry to help with symptoms. While friends fought the flu for 2 weeks, mine only lasted 4 days and my fever was gone. I won't lie...it was a rough 4 days, but the elderberry really helped ease my fever and symptoms and eventually eliminated the aches and fever. During that time, my shipment of Sambucus Elderberry gummies arrived. Everyone but my husband began taking them again. My daughter (who has asthma) recovered from the flu in record time - exactly 3 days. During that time, her fever never went above 99.3 and her aches and stuffy nose were eliminated within 2-days. She's had the flu in the past and has never gotten through it so quickly, even with Tamiflu. Her lungs survived (and they're usually not so lucky) and she was back in school after a long weekend with high spirits and a healthy body. Our son never got the flu. My husband is still fighting it and ended up developing a secondary infection (he's asthmatic too) which has given him a serious medical fight.\n\nDo they work? YES. My family is living proof. I believe that we never would have gotten the flu had the gummies not run out. I’m sure my husband would be feeling much better had he taken them regularly. After all, everyone around us was sick in December and we remained healthy and strong. I can vouch for the fact that they do, indeed, minimize the severity of symptoms and they length of the actual flu. I think both the liquid (Nature's Way Sambucus Syrup) and these gummies were equally effective. The liquid is thick and overly sweet, and quite frankly, hard to swallow and stomach for continuous days. Neither of my kids liked it and they are sugar addicts. The gummies are delicious! They taste like grape fruit chews. My kids gobbled them up and asked for more.\n\nWe've already ordered several reserve bottles and will continue using them until flu season is over. Next year, I'll get on top of the game and have it stockpiled in preparation for the fight. If chronic disease such as asthma is in your family, these gummies will make a necessary addition to your flu-fighting arsenal."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My family and I have been taking these for a while now and the company recently changed the formula and the label, the old label shows them not having preservatives in their gummies, as well as them now using vegetable oil instead of coconut oil, and they also smell horrible now! Definitely lost my business, I will no longer buy from them and I’ll definitely be spreading the word! We do not deserve to be tricked.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "my son had molluscum contagiousum (multiple bumps) on his chest , arms and legs caused by a virus for 2 yrs. I have tried lotions, lemon balm,creams, etc..( I have spent a lot of money looking for the perfect remedy). We did go to a dermatologist for treatment ,asked me if we have any family history of immune disorder. I did treat the bigger bumps with prescribed ointment but the small ones are difficult to apply on because its so tiny and the ointment should only be applied on the bump itself . Anyway, since the molluscum is a virus, I was thinking of boosting his immune system (recalling the dermatologist's question) . On the 3rd or 4th week the tiny molluscum disappeared on his legs and arms . I could not believe what Im seeing because i have tried so many products . So his legs and arms are smoother. the tiny bumps are gone, Just the big ones that Im treating. which are already healing. I did not even think it would work in just a few weeks, I gave it along with his gummy vitamins which he was on for years now. Now he does not get sick as often as before, usually he gets the common cold. I will continue to give him this supplement because it got rid of those annoying bumps which none of the creams, lotions got rid off.\nSept 2018;\nUpdate: my son's eczema has also gotten better. That's also another skin problem I'm trying to find ways to make it disappear. Actually i don't feel any rough skin or bumps on his arms and legs anymore. I have bought so many products for the eczema (creams/ lotions) but none really worked. I was not expecting that by taking elderberry that it would also treat the eczema. To the makers of this product thank you!\nNow I only have to buy ONE product and it treated and prevents both problems."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'THIS USED TO BE REALLY GOOD. THEY CHANGED THE FORMULA. WHY DO THAT??? WOULD BE BETTER TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL FORMULA AND CHARGE US A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO HAVE THE BETTER PRODUCT. I will have to find an alternative.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My entire household takes these as recommended on the bottle every single day. We’ve done so for at least two months now. We’ve even subscribed to receive 3 bottles a month. They taste great, and we all look forward to them as a healthy dessert after lunch. However, I can’t say that they actually do anything for immunity. We are currently all sick with the common cold-it started with one of us and gradually passed to the rest of the household over the course of a week. This is a household of 3 adults, and 2 children. We all take these, and we all still managed to catch this cold. I’ll continue to buy them because they are still healthy and the kids love them, but I can’t recommend them for building immunity to the common cold.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Both my kids (3 years and 6 months) got Respiratory infections with colds, I was desperate not to get sick seeing I had to care for two young kids. I ordered these and I’m convinced it’s the reason I didn’t get sick, my 3 year old had just started preschool and I always get what she gets and so does my husband, but not this time around. Amazing supplement that I will take for life, plus taste like a berry gummy! Only thing is between the two of us this bottle last less than a month but without a doubt worth it! When I’d start to feel an itchy throat I’d take these and miraculously feel better. To me this is similar to Zicam but better.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These taste good and they brought me back to life after having covid—19 (I wasn’t confirmed tested, but I’m 99% sure I had it). If I ever get a reagent test I will update this.\n\nAlso note that I took these in tandem with magnesium, d3, calcium, potassium (gluconate and citrate), and some b complex towards the last days of it. This is considered a mild case - and compared to pneumonia or mono or valley fever - it is indeed very mild. But it’s also the strangest bug I’ve ever had.\n\nHard to explain, but I’ve never felt so close to dying. It came in waves, I would feel fine and then boom, I would be thinking I need to start writing my letters to family because I would feel like I was shutting down. So weird.\n\nAnd this could very well have been me being fearful due to the unknown and the media driven panic. So I don’t have anything scientific to offer here.\n\nThe worst part of the 7 days were two days where I slept the entire time except to get food and vitamins and Tylenol. It should be noted that I never had a fever, but maybe the Tylenol just worked. I did have crazy muscle fatigue, dizziness, pains all over, intermittent diarrhea, and the dreaded shortness of breath with upper chest pain.\n\nFortunately I may have nipped it in the bud by staying healthy by sleeping and eating because it never migrated down deep into my lungs. But the heart pain, upper chest pain, and neck pain was real and still lingering. I had minimal cough. I also have brain fog and lingering muscle pains now for 12 days of (otherwise) no symptoms.\n\nAnd I ate a ton of varied foods, making sure to eat as many different types as I had - fruits, cottage cheese, tuna, sourdough bread, soups, shrimp - I was piling it on and I still lost ten pounds.\n\nI think the food and hydrating and Tylenol were probably more important, but the vitamins I was taking really did make me feel better - placebo or not, I needed it just for my mental well-being.\n\nI’m still taking them til they are gone too. I’ll be 14 days of no symptoms on April 8th.\n\nThe key is to get elderberry because it has zinc which research shows kills (or helps kill) the virus (to an extent). But you also need d3 for immunity because you probably won’t be getting much sunlight. And you’ve got to have magnesium to absorb those two.\n\nI picked up the potassium’s because I read that most who died of cv had hypokalemia - lack of potassium. I don’t know if I did have hypokalemia or not, but I did have heart arrhythmia (fluttering, and not just a couple times - I had it probably 50-60 separate times in 3-5 days - scary). So I rolled the dice. My parents (RN, PA) stated that potassium is terrible for your heart if you don’t need it, so be careful out there people.\n\nBut all those other ones (I believe) are safe - at least for me. Hope this helps. Do your research and stay healthy!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "BUYER BEWARE if purchasing for children 4 and up!! I had a monthly subscription and noticed a steady increase in price. I then started looking at other more affordable brands and realized that the same Nature's way Sambucus (for adults) is also made for children 4 and up, same mg's of elderberry, more vitamin C and zinc, at a much cheaper price. They swindle you with the kids label."}]