Are gummy prenatals as effective as capsules?
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Answer: Often, gummies can’t fit the same doses (especially iron and choline), so capsules are usually more complete. Kayte Angell (Director of Product Development, Perelel) explains that "on average, gummies can only hold 5% of active ingredients," due to all the extra ingredients required for gummy shape and flavor. Heat used in gummy manufacturing can also degrade heat-sensitive vitamins before you even take them. To illustrate the dramatic difference: if you compare Perelel's Trimester Prenatal Packs to leading prenatal gummies, "you'd need to take forty of those gummies every day to get close to the amount of choline in our Core Prenatal capsules." Additionally, many gummy vitamins lack iron because it's challenging to mask its metallic taste, and they're less stable than tablets or capsules, leading to potency loss over time. Perelel's 1st Trimester Prenatal Pack delivers 120mg of choline and full therapeutic doses of all essential nutrients in just 4 capsules daily—providing the complete nutrition that would require dozens of gummy vitamins to match.
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