I like to buy these when I feel my kids are not getting enough vegetables in their diet. I don't buy them all the time, as we do try to get all of our vitamins and minerals via the food we eat, but it's not always possible. 

My kids like these because they taste like sugary, fruity gummy bears (so what kid wouldn't want these?). And even though my husband and I are huge vegetable eaters, our kids are not (they are picky), so these come in handy around here.

The fruits in the gummy bears are; A Proprietary Blend Of the Following Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates: Apple fiber, Mango, Strawberry, Tomato, Carrot, Papaya, Wild Blueberry, Bing Cherry, Cranberry, Parsley, Spinach, Kale, Cabbage, Cauliflower and Broccoli.  

So these aren't organic or anything, but here are the filler ingredients; Glucose syrup, sucrose, apple pectin, fumaric acid, citric acid, lactic, acid, natural flavors and colors added (vegetable juice concentrate, annatto and tumeric). The acids are added for a sour taste to the gummy bears.

I will say that I don't like sugar and other unecessary things added to vitamins, but these as a special vitamin treat once in awhile is fine. They have a little amount of sugar per serving; 3 grams per two gummies. There is 100 milligrams of the vegetables per serving but I'm not sure how many servings of fruits and vegetables that would be. I like that there is no lemon or orange added like in most kid vitamins, as my son has an intolerance to citrus. I'm not a big fan of the two words "natural flavors" on a label, because what the heck does that mean? It does not help anyone with food allergies that is for certain. After all, dirt is a natural flavor isn't it?

When my child was younger I would lock these up just in case he thought they were candy and could eat them (although they do have a childproof cap on the top). These are certainly easier to give a child than sneaking spinach into their food, but I do not use these as a vegetable replacement (I still encourage fruits and vegetables regularly). You are not going to get the fiber you can get from the skins of apples and other fruits and vegetables in a supplement either.

A downside to these bears are that there are 30 per bottle (and the serving is 2 bears). If you have 1 kid, that's two week's worth of supplementation and if you have 2 kids, that is only one week and the bottle is $5.95 on Vitacost.com but at other stores I see it for $7.99 or so. 

This supplement is also gluten-free which is good for anyone with a gluten or wheat allergy.

Overall, these are good to have on hand when your child is going through a picky fruit and veggie period.

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