Ultivite Men's Multivitamin.

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.

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

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 D 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 35 mg of Riboflavin, inside the range the published research used.
• A stated daily maintenance amountRiboflavin 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.
• An absorption partner in the same servingIron is in the same serving as Vitamin C, where it has a measured absorption role.
• Full label disclosureEvery ingredient on this label carries its own declared amount.
• 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.

The combinations the trials actually measured.

Five 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.

  Cook & Monsen, 1977 (Am J Clin Nutr)PMID 835510

  Promising
• Zinc + SeleniumImmune

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

  Girodon et al., 1999 (Arch Intern Med)PMID 10218756

  Early
• Calcium + MagnesiumStrength

  In a 12-month randomised, double-blind trial, 98 adults aged 50 and over drank a litre a day of either a naturally calcium- and magnesium-rich mineral water or a low-mineral water. The mineral-rich group had fewer falls at the 6-month assessment and higher appendicular muscle mass, with the minerals delivered as drinking water rather than a capsule.

  Moretti et al., 2026 (Nutrients)PMID 41683292

  Promising
• Folic Acid + 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).

  Liu et al., 2025 (Nutrition Reviews)PMID 39960689

  Promising
• Magnesium + Vitamin B6Calm

  In an 8-week randomized trial of 264 stressed healthy adults with low magnesium, magnesium plus vitamin B6 and magnesium alone reduced perceived stress about equally overall. In the prespecified subgroup that started with severe stress, the combination improved stress scores 24% more than magnesium alone.

  Pouteau et al., 2018 (PLoS One)PMID 30562392

  Early

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 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.

  Choi et al., 2025 (Nutrients)PMID 41228404

  Strong
• Vitamin Dabout 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.

  Vieth et al., 2001 (Am J Clin Nutr)PMID 11157326

  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.

  Traber et al., 2019 (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)PMID 31495886

  Promising
• Vitamin Kabout four weeks of daily useBuilds with daily use

  A double-blind randomised dose-finding trial gave 60 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 69 either 0, 50, 100 or 200 micrograms of menaquinone-7 daily for four weeks on a controlled diet. The ratio of carboxylated to undercarboxylated osteocalcin rose dose dependently, with significant differences from the 0 microgram group at 100 and 200 micrograms. A companion 12-week trial in 120 people aged 20 to 69 confirmed the change at 100 micrograms daily. Both studies were run by authors affiliated with the R and D division of J-Oil Mills. An independent 8-week double-blind trial in 55 healthy prepubertal children found the same direction at 45 micrograms daily. What was measured is a blood marker of vitamin K status, not bone density and not a sensation.

  Inaba et al., 2015 (J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo))PMID 26875489

  van Summeren et al., 2009 (Br J Nutr)PMID 19450370

  Promising
• Vitamin Kthree years of daily use, with measurements at one, two and three yearsBuilds with daily use

  A double-blind randomised trial gave 244 healthy postmenopausal women either placebo or 180 micrograms of menaquinone-7 daily for three years, with bone mineral density measured by DXA at baseline and after each year. Menaquinone-7 decreased the age-related decline in bone mineral content and bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and femoral neck, but not at the total hip. The effect is a slowed decline rather than a gain, and the trial ran three years rather than weeks.

  Knapen et al., 2013 (Osteoporos Int)PMID 23525894

  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.

  EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA), 2016 (EFSA Journal)PMID 42006014

  Promising

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.

How each ingredient usually behaves over time.

12 ingredients, from each one's own page.

• Vitamin AWeeks, not days

  Weeks to months. Liver stores buffer intake, so vitamin A status moves slowly and shows up on a blood panel rather than as a sensation.

  Its own page, the plain answer on timing ↗

• 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 ↗

• Vitamin DAbout six to twelve weeks

  25-hydroxyvitamin D climbs steadily over six to twelve weeks of daily use. That blood measurement is where the change shows up, rather than in a day-one sensation.

  Its own page, the plain answer on timing ↗

• Vitamin EWeeks, not days

  Plasma alpha-tocopherol climbs within days of daily intake, and anything you'd notice in skin condition is a slow change across a couple of months.

  Its own page, the plain answer on timing ↗

• Vitamin KWithin days

  Clotting factor carboxylation responds within days. The bone marker undercarboxylated osteocalcin shifts across roughly four to twelve weeks, so this shows up on a panel.

  Its own page, the plain answer on timing ↗

• Thiamin

  There is no onset to time in the usual sense. Status markers such as erythrocyte transketolase activity move across weeks, and that is where the change is read.

  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.

The same ingredient, carried differently.

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

• 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.

• Ubiquinone

  The oxidised, quinone form of coenzyme Q10: a fat soluble benzoquinone ring carrying a ten unit isoprenoid tail, supplied as a yellow orange crystalline powder made by yeast fermentation. It is the redox form nearly all CoQ10 raw material ships as, and the form used across the long running clinical trial record.

  Fits

  Formulas built on that historical trial record, including the cardiovascular outcome trials, which used the oxidised form. As a stable crystalline material it handles well in a factory without the oxygen excluding packing a reduced form asks for, and it goes into softgels, tablets, hard capsules and dry blends alike.

  Trade-off

  Oral absorption of CoQ10 in any redox form is low and depends heavily on the lipid matrix around it. The head to head crossovers against ubiquinol are small, short and single dose, so they settle little on their own.

Descriptions of the form itself, read from the cited studies. Not a comparison between products and not a statement about any individual.

Tablet

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