Knowing What’s Worth Paying for in Vitamins

The December 4 New York Times has an interesting article, "Knowing What's Worth Paying for in Vitamins." If you are paying a lot for supplements, read what this author has found. ConsumerLab.com says it has found a few patterns that consumers may find helpful. Products sold by vitamin chains tend to be more reliable than drugstore brands, and Wal-Mart and Costco’s vitamin lines are usually worth considering. In a recent test of multivitamins, ConsumerLab.com found that Equate-Mature Multivitamin 50+ sold by Wal-Mart was just as good as the name brand Centrum Silver, but at less than a nickel a day is half the price.