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Vitamin Code Raw One for Men.

Stronger in a pairGarden of Life, verified Oct 2026Formula verified. Independently reviewed.Independent review. Not commissioned by Garden of Life.

Riboflavin is the lead active here, studied most for filling everyday nutrient gaps. 10 human studies on Riboflavin back this formula, each one cited. Each serving carries 900 mcg of Vitamin A, inside the range the published research used. Who it fits: made for men, adults.

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58Active ingredientsWell studiedResearch base370Human studies
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The verdict
Stronger in a pair
For Made for men, adults.
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The brand submits the formula. We read the supplement facts panel and weigh dose, form and synergy against the clinical evidence. Labs test. IngredientMD verifies. The fee pays for review time, never for the outcome.

The formula
Vitamin A: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Vitamin C: Iron statusExtensively studied
Vitamin D3: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Vitamin E: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Vitamin K1: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Thiamin: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Riboflavin: Filling everyday nutrient gapsKey driver
Niacin: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Vitamin B6: Filling everyday nutrient gapsSupporting role
Folate: MethylationExtensively studied
Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 statusExtensively studied
Biotin: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Pantothenic Acid: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Iron: Iron statusExtensively studied
Zinc: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Selenium: Filling everyday nutrient gapsExtensively studied
Manganese: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Chromium: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Molybdenum: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Amla Extract: Filling everyday nutrient gapsWell studied
Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend: A 20 mg blend of 23 ingredients, listed by weight.Supporting role
Organic Apple: Digestive comfort. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed first.Supporting role
Organic Beet: Methylation. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed second.Well studied
Organic Broccoli: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed third.Supporting role
Organic Carrot: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed fourth.Supporting role
Organic Spinach: Methylation. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed fifth.Supporting role
Organic Tomato: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed sixth.Supporting role
Organic Strawberry: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed seventh.Supporting role
Organic Tart Cherry: Oxidative stress defence. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed eighth.Well studied
Organic Blackberry: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed ninth.Supporting role
Organic Green Bell Pepper: Iron status. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed tenth.Supporting role
Organic Brussels Sprout: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 11th.Supporting role
Organic Blueberry: A balanced gut microbiome. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 12th.Supporting role
Organic Ginger: Regularity. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 13th.Extensively studied
Organic Garlic: Blood flow. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 14th.Well studied
Organic Green Onion: A balanced gut microbiome. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 15th.Supporting role
Organic Raspberry: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 16th.Supporting role
Organic Parsley: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 17th.Supporting role
Organic Cauliflower: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 18th.Supporting role
Organic Red Cabbage: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 19th.Supporting role
Organic Kale: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 20th.Supporting role
Organic Cucumber: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 21th.Supporting role
Organic Celery: Regularity. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 22th.Supporting role
Organic Asparagus: Part of this formula. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 23th.Supporting role
Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend: A 8 mg blend of 13 ingredients, listed by weight.Supporting role
Lipase: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed first.Well studied
Protease: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed second.Supporting role
Aspergillopepsin: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed third.Supporting role
beta-Glucanase: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed fourth.Supporting role
Cellulase: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed fifth.Supporting role
Bromelain: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed sixth.Well studied
Phytase: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed seventh.Well studied
Lactase: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed eighth.Extensively studied
Papain: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed ninth.Well studied
Peptidase: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed tenth.Supporting role
Hemicellulase: Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 11th.Supporting role
Xylanase: Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 12th.Supporting role
Lactobacillus bulgaricus / Lactobacillus plantarum Blend: Gut barrier integrity. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 13th.Well studied

How we read this product

Source: Supplement facts
Supplement Facts panel for Vitamin Code Raw One for Men
  1. 01
    We read the label.

    The panel on the left is the one we evaluated, line by line.

  2. 02
    Every active, separately.

    All 58 actives checked against the clinical evidence: dose, form, and what the research actually shows.

  3. 03
    Then the formula as a whole.

    Doses, ratios, and how the ingredients work together. That assessment is the verdict above: "Stronger in a pair".

  4. 04
    Earned, not bought.

    The verdict is public and identical whether or not a brand pays. A formula that does not clear the bar gets nothing.

Read by the engine against 2.1 million data points from clinical trials, PubMed and more than a hundred vetted sources. No individual reviewer is named or implied.

The receipts

Well studied
Research base
370
Human studies
1.3 mg
Riboflavin
900 mcg
Vitamin A
900 mcg per serving sits inside the studied 700 mcg-900 mcg range
Vitamin A, NIH ODS + Ross 2006 review
120 mcg per serving sits inside the studied 90 mcg-120 mcg range
Vitamin K1, NIH ODS + Booth 2012 review
1 mg per serving sits inside the studied 1 mg-50 mg range
Thiamin, NIH ODS + Lonsdale 2006 review
1 mg per serving sits inside the studied 1 mg-25 mg range
Riboflavin, NIH ODS + Schoenen 1998

Cross-checked against 5,540 documented interactions for these actives.

Read the evidenceVitamin A, the evidence →Vitamin C, the evidence →Vitamin D3, the evidence →Vitamin E, the evidence →Vitamin K1, the evidence →Thiamin, the evidence →

Inside the formula

Vitamin A
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 700 mcg to 3 mg a day
Extensively studied
Vitamin C
20 studies
Iron status
Extensively studied
Vitamin D3
20 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Extensively studied
Vitamin E
15 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Well studied
Vitamin K1
14 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 90 mcg to 500 mcg a day
Extensively studied
Thiamin
11 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Extensively studied
Riboflavin
10 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 1.3 mg to 100 mg a day
Key driver
Niacin
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Well studied
Vitamin B6
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Supporting role
Folate
12 studies
Methylation
Studied 400 mcg to 1 mg a day
Extensively studied
Vitamin B12
17 studies
Vitamin B12 status
Extensively studied
Biotin
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 30 mcg to 5 mg a day
Well studied
Pantothenic Acid
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 5 mg to 200 mg a day
Well studied
Iron
17 studies
Iron status
Extensively studied
Zinc
22 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Extensively studied
Selenium
15 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Extensively studied
Manganese
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 1.8 mg to 5 mg a day
Well studied
Chromium
13 studies
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 25 mcg to 500 mcg a day
Well studied
Molybdenum
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Studied 45 mcg to 200 mcg a day
Well studied
Amla Extract
Filling everyday nutrient gaps
Well studied
Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend
A 20 mg blend of 23 ingredients, listed by weight.
Supporting role
Organic Apple
Digestive comfort. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed first.
Supporting role
Organic Beet
10 studies
Methylation. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed second.
Well studied
Organic Broccoli
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed third.
Supporting role
Organic Carrot
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed fourth.
Supporting role
Organic Spinach
Methylation. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed fifth.
Supporting role
Organic Tomato
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed sixth.
Supporting role
Organic Strawberry
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed seventh.
Supporting role
Organic Tart Cherry
Oxidative stress defence. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed eighth.
Well studied
Organic Blackberry
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed ninth.
Supporting role
Organic Green Bell Pepper
Iron status. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed tenth.
Supporting role
Organic Brussels Sprout
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 11th.
Supporting role
Organic Blueberry
11 studies
A balanced gut microbiome. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 12th.
Supporting role
Organic Ginger
20 studies
Regularity. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 13th.
Extensively studied
Organic Garlic
18 studies
Blood flow. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 14th.
Well studied
Organic Green Onion
A balanced gut microbiome. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 15th.
Supporting role
Organic Raspberry
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 16th.
Supporting role
Organic Parsley
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 17th.
Supporting role
Organic Cauliflower
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 18th.
Supporting role
Organic Red Cabbage
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 19th.
Supporting role
Organic Kale
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 20th.
Supporting role
Organic Cucumber
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 21th.
Supporting role
Organic Celery
Regularity. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 22th.
Supporting role
Organic Asparagus
Part of this formula. In the 20 mg Raw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend with 22 others, listed 23th.
Supporting role
Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend
A 8 mg blend of 13 ingredients, listed by weight.
Supporting role
Lipase
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed first.
Well studied
Protease
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed second.
Supporting role
Aspergillopepsin
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed third.
Supporting role
beta-Glucanase
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed fourth.
Supporting role
Cellulase
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed fifth.
Supporting role
Bromelain
14 studies
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed sixth.
Well studied
Phytase
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed seventh.
Well studied
Lactase
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed eighth.
Extensively studied
Papain
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed ninth.
Well studied
Peptidase
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed tenth.
Supporting role
Hemicellulase
Filling everyday nutrient gaps. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 11th.
Supporting role
Xylanase
Breaking down what you eat. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 12th.
Supporting role
Lactobacillus bulgaricus / Lactobacillus plantarum Blend
Gut barrier integrity. In the 8 mg Raw Probiotic & Enzyme Blend with 12 others, listed 13th.
Well studied
In context

The gap this formula speaks to.

Public health figures the engine matched to this formula's ingredients. Reported by their source, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

54 more
Pantothenic Acid

Randomised trial, 2014

Pantethine, a vitamin B5 derivative, lowered LDL cholesterol by about 11 percent from baseline versus placebo over 16 weeks in adults at low to moderate cardiovascular risk.

Vascular Health and Risk Management
Pantothenic Acid

Randomised trial, 2015

Pantethine lowered blood triglycerides by about 17 percent from baseline over 8 weeks in adults with moderate dyslipidemia, while a related compound, coenzyme A, lowered them further.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology
Organic Celery

Systematic review, 2025

Pooled the human trials of celery and reported favourable shifts in blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid measures, with the number of trials small.

Frontiers in nutrition
Organic Spinach

Meta-analysis, 2025

Pooling five trials, spinach-derived thylakoid supplements lowered reported hunger by 2.415 mm on a rating scale and raised fullness after eating, with the effect scaling with dose.

Nutrition reviews
Papain

Randomised trial, 2013

Adults with long-standing digestive complaints who took 20 ml of papaya daily for 40 days reported less constipation and bloating than placebo, but the effect faded once stopped.

Neuro Endocrinology Letters
Organic Raspberry

Randomised trial, 2025

In healthy adults, polyphenols from raspberry leaf tea lowered the post-meal glucose and insulin rise compared with control.

Nutrients
Vitamin D3

Randomised trial, 2025

Vitamin D3 supplementation changed the inflammatory protein CHI3L1 and oxidative stress markers in adults with a chronic demyelinating condition. These are markers, not clinical outcomes.

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports
Phytase

Systematic review, 2013

In human iron and zinc studies, phytase from Aspergillus niger raised iron and zinc absorption from phytate-rich foods, with 20 to 320 units per 100 g flour enough to help.

Food and Nutrition Bulletin
Manganese

Randomised trial, 1994

Over two years, older postmenopausal women taking calcium plus trace minerals including manganese gained about 1.5% spinal bone density, while the placebo group lost about 3.5%.

Journal of Nutrition
Vitamin K1

Randomised trial, 2014

Twelve months of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) supplementation improved markers of vitamin K status, including a higher share of carboxylated osteocalcin, with no clear difference detected in bone density measures.

The British journal of nutrition
Vitamin E

Randomised trial, 2023

In 160 postmenopausal women with long-standing sleep difficulty, one month of vitamin E brought the median sleep questionnaire score to 6, versus 9 on placebo, where lower means better sleep.

Nutrients
Biotin

Meta-analysis, 2025

In a network meta-analysis of 19 trials with 1,658 participants, biotin-containing preparations were among the supplements linked to greater hair density, though most individual trials were small.

Frontiers in nutrition
Folate

About 23 percent lower plasma homocysteine at 0.8 mg daily, with 0.2 mg and 0.4 mg reaching roughly 60 and 90 percent of that

Lowers homocysteine, a blood marker tied to heart risk. Measured in adults, standardised to a pretreatment homocysteine of 12 micromol per litre (95% CI 21 to 26 percent).

Meta-analysis
Organic Red Cabbage

Randomised trial, 2026

A controlled comparison of fermented against unfermented red cabbage measuring self-reported symptoms alongside immune response, inflammatory markers and gut microbiota composition. The biological measures are markers rather than clinical outcomes.

BMJ Open
Organic Garlic

Meta-analysis, 2016

Across 20 trials in 970 people, garlic supplements lowered systolic blood pressure by about 5 mmHg on average and by close to 9 mmHg among those with raised readings at baseline.

The Journal of Nutrition
Organic Carrot

Systematic review, 2024

Across the reviewed human studies, higher dietary carotenoid intake tracked with more favourable cardiovascular risk markers, an association rather than a demonstrated cause.

Nutrients
Organic Broccoli

Randomised trial, 2025

Broccoli supplementation combined with exercise was tested against exercise alone on metabolic and lipoprotein blood markers in adults.

Nutrients
Organic Tomato

Meta-analysis, 2026

Pooled trials of tomato and tomato products reported improvements in cardiometabolic markers such as blood lipids and blood pressure in adults.

Food & function
Organic Strawberry

Meta-analysis, 2019

Across combined trials, strawberries improved several heart-related blood markers in adults, including lower LDL cholesterol and a blood marker of inflammation.

Food & function
Organic Parsley

Randomised trial, 1999

In 14 adults on a controlled low-flavone diet, a week of daily parsley raised two antioxidant enzyme activities in blood cells versus diet alone, while other markers showed no change.

British Journal of Nutrition
Organic Green Bell Pepper

Randomised trial, 2015

An acute crossover trial of a multi-ingredient product reporting changes in substrate utilisation and perceived hunger markers. Pepper-derived constituents appear as one component of the blend, so the result cannot be assigned to green bell pepper.

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
Organic Apple

Systematic review, 2025

Pooling human trials of apple cider vinegar, the review found small reductions in body weight and waist measures in adults with raised blood sugar or excess body weight, and described the evidence base as limited.

Nutrients
Organic Brussels Sprout

Systematic review, 2012

Reviewed human reports on cruciferous plants and found ordinary dietary amounts were well tolerated, with the few adverse reports tied to very high or unusual intakes.

Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology
Lipase

Randomised trial, 2026

In healthy adults, an oral multienzyme supplement including lipase changed the pattern of nutrients appearing in the blood after a mixed meal compared with placebo.

The Journal of nutrition
Organic Kale

Randomised trial, 2024

A daily freeze-dried kale bar improved several blood sugar and metabolic markers in adults with high blood sugar compared with placebo.

Nutrients
Organic Beet

Meta-analysis, 2024

Pooled trials found dietary nitrate supplementation improved high intensity cycling sprint performance in recreationally active people by a small margin.

Nutrients
Organic Blueberry

Meta-analysis, 2025

Across trials, blueberries produced small improvements in memory and executive function measures.

Biogerontology
Vitamin K1

Systematic review, 2024

Pooling randomised trials in middle-aged and older adults, vitamin K supplementation was linked with small differences in bone mineral density at some skeletal sites and with changes in markers of bone turnover.

Bone & joint research
Riboflavin

Meta-analysis, 2024

In a dose-response meta-analysis of randomised trials, riboflavin was associated with about 1.3 fewer severe recurring headache attacks per month compared with control.

Neurological Sciences
Bromelain

Meta-analysis, 2023

Across a review of 54 clinical reports with 39 pooled, oral bromelain lowered pain scores slightly more than control, by about 0.27 points on the pain scale, and topical bromelain shortened time to complete wound debridement by about 6.9 days.

Nutrition and Health
Amla Extract

Randomised trial, 2017

In healthy older adults, an amalaki preparation taken for 45 days was associated with higher telomerase activity in blood mononuclear cells, a laboratory marker, while measured telomere length did not differ detectably from control.

Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine
Thiamin

Randomised trial, 2019

Thiamin supplementation did not improve left ventricular ejection fraction in the participants studied. This is a failure to detect a difference in an imaging marker, not evidence that no difference exists.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Lactobacillus bulgaricus / Lactobacillus plantarum Blend

Meta-analysis, 2024

Pooled trials of L. plantarum supplementation reported changes in glucose and lipid laboratory measures in adults with high blood sugar, with the authors noting heterogeneity between studies.

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Vitamin A

Meta-analysis, 2022

Across 19 trials of about 1.2 million children in vitamin A deficient settings, supplementation lowered all-cause mortality by 12 percent (risk ratio 0.88), rated high-certainty evidence.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Organic Ginger

Meta-analysis, 2020

Ginger eased nausea severity during pregnancy versus placebo (standardized mean difference 0.82), pooling 13 trials in 1,174 women, with no clear effect on vomiting.

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
Thiamin

Randomised trial, 2026

Thiamin supplementation improved the thiamin pyrophosphate effect, a blood marker of thiamin adequacy, in children whose levels were low.

Scientific reports
Riboflavin

Meta-analysis, 2021

Pooling nine controlled trials in 673 people, vitamin B2 at 400 mg per day for three months lowered the frequency, days, duration and pain score of severe recurring headache attacks.

Nutritional Neuroscience
Molybdenum

Metabolic balance study (crossover), 2006

In 43 healthy young women eating normal diets, over 90 percent of dietary molybdenum was absorbed and mostly excreted in urine, staying balanced across intakes of about 150 to 318 micrograms a day.

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Population figures from public health data. Context for the category, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

What this formula earned

Every one of these is a fact the engine could ground.

Each line below was derived from this formula's own record at the time of verification. Nothing here was written by the brand, and nothing can be added that the evidence does not carry.

  • Studied in people22 human studies on Zinc back this formula, each one cited.
  • A mechanism that is settledHow Vitamin A and Vitamin C work is settled pharmacology.
  • Studied together, not just separatelyVitamin A and Vitamin E have been studied together, not only separately.
  • Recent work on the recordThe most recent study on this record was published in 2026.
  • Serving amount inside the studied rangeEach serving carries 900 mcg of Vitamin A, inside the range the published research used.
  • A stated daily maintenance amountVitamin A is here at a daily maintenance amount, which is what a daily supplement is for.
  • Why this formatIt is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.
  • The exact form, describedThe label names its forms exactly: Retinyl palmitate, Ascorbic acid, Vitamin D3 in a carrier oil, lanolin-derived. The record says what each one is and what it suits.
  • An absorption partner in the same servingIron is in the same serving as Vitamin C, where it has a measured absorption role.
  • A declared blend totalRaw Organic Fruit & Vegetable Blend declares its total, 20 mg per serving, with 23 ingredients listed by weight.
  • Where it comes from and how it is madeVitamin A is made by more than one route.
  • Positions this formula already qualifies forThis formula already qualifies for positions beyond the one it is sold into, on the evidence it carries.
  • A position nobody is holding yetSome of those positions are ones almost nobody is selling to yet.
  • Interaction screen on the recordEvery active on this label was screened against the interaction record, and the screen is published with it.
Studied together

The combinations the trials actually measured.

Three pairings in this formula have been studied as combinations in human trials. Each finding below is what a named study measured, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

  • Iron + Vitamin CAbsorption

    In a controlled radioiron study in 63 men, adding ascorbic acid to a non-heme iron meal increased iron absorption in proportion to the dose, from about 1.6 times the meal alone at 25 mg to about 9 times at 1000 mg.

    Promising
  • Zinc + SeleniumImmune

    In a two-year trial in older adults, zinc taken together with selenium improved the antibody response to influenza vaccination.

    Early
  • Folate + Vitamin B12 + Vitamin B6Heart

    In a 2025 network meta-analysis of 16 randomized trials in healthy adults, folic acid taken together with vitamins B6 and B12 lowered blood homocysteine more than any single supplement, with the 1 mg folic acid plus 7.2 mg B6 plus 20 micrograms B12 arm ranked most effective versus placebo (mean difference -1.03 micromol/L, 95% CI -1.71 to -0.36).

    Promising

Research strength. Research strength says how much work stands behind the combination. It is never a product score.

Fail closed. Where actives were studied on their own rather than together, each shows on its own evidence, never a combined effect no trial measured.

Independent record. Every finding is cited to a named trial, dated, and never written by the brand.

Findings from trials that studied these actives as a combination. Context for how the actives were tested together, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

What the trials show

What the trials show about timing.

Time-to-effect windows the engine read from the trial record. Each is a window a named study measured, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

  • Vitamin Cwithin 24 hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    In a randomised crossover trial, 12 healthy adults consumed 101.7 mg of vitamin C as a powder, as raw fruits and vegetables, or as juice, and plasma vitamin C rose after every intake form, with plasma and urinary levels tracked over the 24 hours following the single dose.

    Strong
  • Vitamin D3about 3 months of daily useBuilds with daily use

    In the trial record, blood vitamin D rises for about 3 months of daily vitamin D3 and then holds at a plateau, near 69 nmol/L at 1,000 IU a day, from a starting level near 41 nmol/L.

    Early
  • Vitamin Eabsorbed slowly, tracked over 72 hoursMeasured within a day

    In a 3-phase crossover using two deuterium-labelled forms of alpha-tocopherol, healthy women absorbed about 55 percent of an oral dose taken with a 40 percent fat meal and about 64 percent with a fat-free meal, with samples tracked over 72 hours. The authors conclude absorption is not limited by absent fat or fasting, and that vitamin E leaves the intestine by a prolonged process.

    Promising
  • Vitamin K1cleared from plasma within hoursMeasured within a day

    In a stable-isotope study, 10 healthy adults aged 22 to 31 took labelled vitamin K1 for six days and then an intravenous dose to resolve its disposal kinetics. Plasma vitamin K1 cleared with half-times of about 0.22 and 2.66 hours, and absorption of an oral dose was about 13 percent.

    Promising
  • Thiaminabout 18 to 30 days of restricted intakeBuilds with daily use

    In the controlled depletion study the EFSA reference opinion reviews, restricting thiamin intake to 0.009 to 0.015 mg/MJ for 30 days brought urinary free thiamin excretion from a mean of 0.283 mg/24 h down to undetectable levels by day 18 of the depletion period.

    Promising
  • Thiaminabout 1 week of renewed intakeBuilds with daily use

    In the same depletion and repletion record the EFSA reference opinion reviews, erythrocyte transketolase activity fell progressively to about 75% of baseline during the 30-day depletion period and returned to its baseline value after 1 week of thiamin repletion.

    Promising
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  • Riboflavinabout 8 weeks of daily intakeBuilds with daily use

    In an intervention the EFSA reference opinion reviews, adults whose baseline riboflavin intake and status were unknown received 5 mg/day of riboflavin for 8 weeks, and haemoglobin concentration, haematocrit and erythrocyte count all rose significantly over that period.

    Early
  • Vitamin B6about 20 to 40 days to clear after stoppingBuilds with daily use

    An expert consensus on vitamin B6 use, developed by a six-member Delphi panel with a structured evidence-quality assessment, calculated from pharmacokinetic parameters that complete clearance of vitamin B6 from the body takes a washout period of about 20 to 40 days after intake stops.

    Early
  • Folatea median of about 36 weeks of daily intakeBuilds with daily use

    A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis drew on 108 articles from 14,002 screened records and modelled blood folate against folic acid intake using one-compartment pharmacokinetic models. Red blood cell folate rose 1.78 fold from baseline to steady state at 375 to 570 ug folic acid per day, and reaching that steady state took a median of 36 weeks, 95% credible interval 27 to 52 weeks. Serum or plasma folate rose 11.6% for every 100 ug per day of folic acid intake, 95% credible interval 8.4 to 14.9.

    Strong
  • Folateabout 18 days for serum folate to reach its maximumBuilds with daily use

    A kinetic study in six healthy men aged 22 to 31 gave 3.6 umol per day, 1.6 mg, of deuterium-labelled folic acid for four weeks, with folate tracked in serum, erythrocytes and urine by microbiological assay and gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Serum folate reached its maximum concentration in about 18 days, while isotopic labelling of erythrocyte folate kept rising across the whole four weeks. After supplementation stopped, red blood cell folate and urinary folate excretion declined linearly, and serum folate fell with a slow-phase half-life of 18.7 days. One study, six men, no control group.

    Early
  • Vitamin B12about 16 weeks of daily oral useBuilds with daily use

    A randomised, double-blind, parallel-group dose-finding trial in 120 older people with mild vitamin B12 deficiency, defined as serum B12 of 100 to 300 pmol/L with methylmalonic acid at or above 0.26 umol/L, gave daily oral cyanocobalamin at 2.5, 100, 250, 500 or 1000 ug for 16 weeks. Mean plasma methylmalonic acid fell 16%, 16%, 23%, 33% and 33% across those doses. Daily doses of 647 to 1032 ug accounted for 80% to 90% of the estimated maximum reduction. The window was measured on a blood marker of B12 status, not on a symptom.

    Promising
  • Vitamin B12serum levels peak about seven hours after a single tabletMeasured within a day

    An open-label randomised single-dose pharmacokinetic study in 20 healthy men aged 20 to 45, conducted and authored by staff of Emisphere Technologies, the developer of the SNAC carrier under test, measured serum vitamin B12 after one 5 mg cyanocobalamin tablet, with six men on the marketed tablet. Time to peak serum B12 was 6.83 hours for the marketed tablet and 0.5 hours for the carrier coformulation. Absolute bioavailability was 2.16% and 5.09% respectively. One trial, six men per arm. Serum concentration was measured, not any symptom.

    Early
  • Biotinabout 5 to 6 months of daily useBuilds with daily use

    In an open trial with no placebo arm, 71 patients with brittle or splitting fingernails took 2.5 mg of biotin a day. Of the 45 cases that could be evaluated, 41 were rated as having firmer and harder nails after an average of 5.5 months of treatment, standard deviation 2.3 months. The rating was clinical judgement rather than an instrument reading, and there was no control group, so the window describes when the raters recorded change, not a placebo adjusted effect.

    Early
  • Ironwithin 24 hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    A randomised crossover study in 54 nonanemic young women with plasma ferritin at or below 20 ug/L gave labelled iron sulfate as single fasting morning doses of 40, 60, 80, 160 and 240 mg. Twenty four hours after doses of 60 mg or more, serum hepcidin was raised and fractional iron absorption from the following dose was 35% to 45% lower. Across the dose range a sixfold rise in dose, 40 to 240 mg, produced a threefold rise in iron absorbed, 6.7 to 18.1 mg. Total iron absorbed from three doses inside 24 hours was not significantly greater than from two morning doses. The measure was iron absorption and serum hepcidin, not a symptom.

    Promising
  • Zincover about five days of lozenges started within 24 hours of symptom onsetBuilds with daily use

    Across three randomised placebo-controlled trials pooled as individual patient data (199 adults with naturally acquired colds, 80 to 92 mg of elemental zinc a day as acetate lozenges), 70 percent of the zinc group had recovered by day 5 against 27 percent on placebo, and colds ran 2.73 days shorter against a 7 day average duration. A separate meta-analysis of seven lozenge trials (575 participants, doses above 75 mg a day, zinc acetate or zinc gluconate) measured cold duration 33 percent shorter, with no significant difference between the two salts.

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  • Zincabout two to four weeks of daily intakeBuilds with daily use

    In a controlled feeding study in nine healthy men, six weeks of restricted zinc intake raised DNA strand breaks in peripheral blood cells, and four weeks of repletion at 11 mg a day, with 20 mg of supplemental zinc for the first seven days, reversed the rise. In a separate randomised placebo-controlled trial in 40 Ethiopian women eating a high-phytate diet, 20 mg a day of zinc sulfate for 17 days lowered mean comet tail moment from 39.7 to 30.0 while plasma zinc did not change significantly. Both windows were measured on a DNA damage marker in blood cells, not on a symptom.

    Early
  • Seleniumabout ten weeks of daily useBuilds with daily use

    In a 12 week randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 119 healthy UK adults aged 50 to 64, mean plasma selenium rose from 95.7 ng/mL at baseline to steady state by week 10, reaching 118.3, 152.0 and 177.4 ng/mL on 50, 100 and 200 micrograms a day of selenium-enriched yeast. Plasma selenoprotein P rose in every selenium arm. Platelet glutathione peroxidase activity did not change significantly at any dose or form.

    Promising
  • Organic Tart Cherrywithin about two to twenty four hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    In a randomised trial, 48 participants were allocated to tart cherry or placebo as juice or as powdered capsules, once or twice daily over 48 hours, with serum uric acid, high sensitivity C reactive protein and plasma oxygen radical absorbance capacity tracked. Serum uric acid fell by an average of 8 percent, declining for up to 24 hours after a single capsule dose, up to 8 hours after two capsules and up to 2 hours after a single juice dose, and the authors describe the fall as transient and not maintained with continued supplementation. Neither hsCRP nor oxidative capacity changed. A later crossover in 25 adults with mildly raised uric acid found no effect on the uric acid response to a high purine meal.

    Early
  • Organic Tart Cherryabout four days of daily use before a hard sessionBuilds with daily use

    In a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial, 20 physically active women took 30 mL of Montmorency tart cherry concentrate twice daily for eight days, four of them before a repeated sprint protocol, with soreness, pressure pain threshold, muscle function and inflammation measured to 72 hours after. Recovery of countermovement jump height was improved compared with placebo, while soreness and pressure pain threshold showed trends only and high sensitivity C reactive protein did not move. A 10 day powdered protocol in 27 endurance runners reported inflammatory markers 47 percent lower than placebo across 48 hours of recovery. A 5 day protocol around professional rugby league matches in 11 players found no difference from placebo in interleukin response, soreness or jump height.

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  • Organic Blueberryabout 12 weeks of daily useBuilds with daily use

    In a small preliminary study, nine older adults with early age-related memory changes drank wild blueberry juice daily for 12 weeks and improved on paired-associate learning and word-list recall, with scores compared against a demographically matched group given a berry placebo drink. One study of nine people, juice rather than a capsule.

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  • Organic Gingerabout eleven days of daily useBuilds with daily use

    Two double blind, placebo controlled, randomised experiments with 34 and 40 volunteers gave 2 g of raw or heat treated ginger daily for 11 consecutive days, then induced muscle pain with 18 eccentric elbow flexor actions. Pain 24 hours after the exercise was 25 percent lower with raw ginger and 23 percent lower with heat treated ginger than with placebo, a modest difference, and effects on arm volume, range of motion and strength were smaller. A separate 5 day protocol in 32 recreational distance runners at 1.425 g a day reported a smaller rise in soreness while jogging after a downhill run, with unclear effects on most other outcomes.

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  • Organic Gingerwithin about two hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    In a randomised, double blind, crossover study, 24 healthy volunteers were studied twice. After an eight hour fast they swallowed three ginger capsules totalling 1200 mg or placebo, then 500 mL of low nutrient soup one hour later, with ultrasound measurement over the following 90 minutes. Gastric half emptying time was 13.1 minutes after ginger against 26.7 minutes after placebo, and antral contractions were more frequent. What was measured was stomach motor function rather than a symptom, and no significant difference in reported gut sensations or appetite was found.

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  • Lactasewithin about 180 minutes of a single dose taken with lactoseMeasured within a day

    In a randomized, double blind crossover trial in 47 adults with confirmed lactose maldigestion, a single oral lactase dose taken with a lactose load lowered breath hydrogen measured every 30 minutes across a 180 minute test, reflecting support for normal lactose digestion within hours of a dose.

    Promising
  • Lactobacillus bulgaricus / Lactobacillus plantarum Blendabout 4 weeks of daily useBuilds with daily use

    In a double blind trial in 16 recreational runners, 4 weeks of daily Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 capsules taken before a half marathon preserved knee extensor torque and electromyographic measures of muscle function across the 96 hours after the race compared with placebo.

    Early

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What each form is, and where it fits in a formula. Measured findings carry the study that reported them.

  • Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)

    The animal-sourced form of vitamin D, made in skin under UVB light and produced commercially from lanolin. Fat-soluble, so it travels with dietary fat and is stored in body fat.

    Fits
    Raising and holding vitamin D status, and the form most supplement trials use.
    Trade-off
    Being fat-soluble it accumulates with sustained high dosing, so intakes are set against the tolerable upper level rather than topped up freely.

    In a 12-week double-blind randomised controlled trial in 108 young women in urban Bangalore, most of whom began vitamin D-deficient, daily vitamin D3 at 400, 600 or 800 IU in a fortified wafer raised serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone fell over time, and effects on bone-turnover markers were modest and not dose specific. The 800 IU dose brought 65 percent of participants to sufficiency.

  • Riboflavin

    The free vitamin B2 molecule, an isoalloxazine ring joined to a ribitol sugar chain, supplied as the unmodified crystalline compound with no added salt or phosphate group.

    Fits
    It is the form most panels list simply as riboflavin or vitamin B2.
    Trade-off
    It is intensely yellow and only sparingly water soluble, so it can tint a finished product and tends to resist dissolving cleanly in a liquid or a fast-melt format.
  • Nicotinic acid

    The free-acid form of vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid. It is the reference form of niacin, a small water-soluble molecule carrying a bare carboxylic acid group on the pyridine ring.

    Fits
    The long-standing reference form for meeting a vitamin B3 requirement.
    Trade-off
    This is the form behind the familiar warm, tingling skin flush that many people notice soon after a larger dose, a recognized property of the free acid that leads some formulators to reach for an amide or ester instead.
  • D-pantothenic acid

    The free acid form of vitamin B5, an amide of pantoic acid and beta-alanine, supplied as a viscous hygroscopic oil or a stabilised liquid rather than a dry salt.

    Fits
    The un-neutralised acid carries no mineral counterion, so it suits liquid drops, syrups and formats where a calcium or sodium salt is not wanted.
    Trade-off
    It is hygroscopic and tends to draw water and turn sticky, which makes it awkward to hold as a dry powder without added stabilisers.

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Format

Capsule

It is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.

Best forMost standard doses, and anywhere a short, clean label is the point.
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Is Vitamin Code Raw One for Men independently verified?
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What's in Vitamin Code Raw One for Men?
Vitamin Code Raw One for Men is built on Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin K1, Thiamin, and more. Each ingredient links to its own evidence page on IngredientMD.
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