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NOW Vitamin C-1000 with Rose Hips.

Strong evidence, strong doseNOW Foods, verified Oct 2026Formula verified. Independently reviewed.Independent review. Not commissioned by NOW Foods.

Vitamin C is the lead active here, studied most for iron status. 20 human studies on Vitamin C back this formula, each one cited. Each serving carries 1 g of Vitamin C, inside the range the published research used. Who it fits: for everyone, adults.

Clinically dosedFull label disclosure
2Active ingredientsWell studiedResearch base21Human studies
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The verdict
Strong evidence, strong dose
For everyone, adults.
How we verify

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 C: Iron statusKey driver
Rose Hips Powder: Iron statusWell studied

How we read this product

Source: Supplement facts
Supplement Facts panel for NOW Vitamin C-1000 with Rose Hips
  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 2 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: "Strong evidence, strong dose".

  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
21
Human studies
1 g
Vitamin C
25 mg
Rose Hips Powder
1 g per serving clears the studied 200 mg minimum
Vitamin C, Levine 1996 pharmacokinetics + NIH ODS

Cross-checked against 727 documented interactions for these actives.

Read the evidenceVitamin C, the evidence →Rose Hips Powder, the evidence →

Inside the formula

Vitamin C
20 studies
Iron status
Studied 200 mg to 1 g a day
Key driver
Rose Hips Powder
Iron status
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.

The people it speaks toFieldwork 2019

12.3% of US adults

met the fruit intake recommendation and 10.0% the vegetable recommendation in 2019, in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System across 49 states.

CDC, MMWR, 2022
This formulaNHANES 2017-2018, published 2021

57.6%

During 2017 to 2018, 57.6% of US adults aged 20 and over reported using a dietary supplement in the past 30 days.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
8 more
The people it speaks to

60.2% of US adults aged 20 and over

took a dietary supplement in the past 30 days, and 38.7% took two or more, in the 2021 to 2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2026
Daily use

59 to 66 days

was the median time it took adults to make a new daily health habit automatic across the studies a 2024 review pooled, with individuals ranging from 4 to 335 days.

Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024
Vitamin C

Meta-analysis, 2011

Across 13 trials, about 500 mg of vitamin C daily lowered blood uric acid by roughly 0.35 mg/dL.

The paper
Vitamin C

Randomised trial, 2026

In repeated single-person trials, vitamin C raised blood levels by 20.6 micromol/L and lowered two stress markers, with day-to-day swings bigger than differences between people.

Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Vitamin C

Meta-analysis, 2014

Across 44 trials, vitamin C improved how well the blood vessel lining widens, a moderate effect of 0.50, larger at higher doses.

The paper
Ashor et al., 2014PMID 24792921
Vitamin C

Meta-analysis, 2012

Pooling 29 randomized trials, vitamin C at a median of 500 mg a day lowered systolic blood pressure by about 3.8 mmHg and diastolic by about 1.5 mmHg over a median of eight weeks.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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 people20 human studies on Vitamin C back this formula, each one cited.
  • A mechanism that is settledHow Vitamin C and Rose Hips Powder work is settled pharmacology.
  • Studied together, not just separatelyRose Hips Powder and Vitamin C have been studied together, not only separately.
  • Recent work on the recordThe most recent study on this record was published in 2025.
  • Serving amount inside the studied rangeEach serving carries 1 g of Vitamin C, inside the range the published research used.
  • A stated daily maintenance amountVitamin C is here at a daily maintenance amount, which is what a daily supplement is for.
  • Why this formatIt is a tablet, so the amount per serving is fixed and it stores well.
  • The exact form, describedThe label names its forms exactly: Ascorbic acid, Milled rose hip shells with seeds. The record says what each one is and what it suits.
  • Full label disclosureEvery ingredient on this label carries its own declared amount.
  • Where it comes from and how it is madeVitamin C is made by fermentation.
  • 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.
How much it moves the numbers

The size of the effect, in plain numbers.

Where a trial measured an actual number, we show it next to the claim. It is the average across the trials, never a promise about one person.

Vitamin Crisk of developing a cold
Average change in the trials

About 52 percent lower risk of developing a cold, in trials of people undergoing brief periods of severe physical exertion.

Measured in
marathon runners, skiers and soldiers on subarctic exercises
Confidence interval
risk ratio 0.48, 95% CI 0.35 to 0.64

Read at the source. The magnitude sits beside the same trial the claim already cites. It describes what the trials measured, never what any one person will feel.

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

Windows measured in the cited trials. Context for how the active behaves over time, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

General timing

How each ingredient usually behaves over time.

Two ingredients, from each one's own page.

  • Vitamin CWithin hours

    Blood levels rise within hours and tissue pools fill over days. Collagen-linked changes in skin and gums build over weeks and show as tissue quality, not as a sensation.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Rose Hips PowderAbout three to six weeks

    Joint comfort builds over three to six weeks of daily use. The vitamin C part lifts a plasma ascorbate reading much sooner than that.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

How each ingredient usually behaves over time, from its own page on IngredientMD. General timing for the ingredient, not a measurement of this product.

Format

Tablet

It is a tablet, so the amount per serving is fixed and it stores well.

Best forHigh-dose minerals and anything needing timed or delayed release.

Questions shoppers ask

Is NOW Vitamin C-1000 with Rose Hips independently verified?
Yes. IngredientMD reviewed this formula independently and verified it in Oct 2026. The verdict is earned, not bought: brands can't edit or purchase it.
What's in NOW Vitamin C-1000 with Rose Hips?
NOW Vitamin C-1000 with Rose Hips is built on Vitamin C, Rose Hips Powder. Each ingredient links to its own evidence page on IngredientMD.
Were ingredient interactions checked?
Yes. The combination was screened against 727 documented interactions for these actives in IngredientMD's interaction database.
Who is IngredientMD?
IngredientMD is an independent supplement-science platform. We analyze ingredients and formulas against clinical research, and we verify products only when they clear our bar. Labs run the tests. We review the results.
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