Gummies - BE CAREFUL

[helvella]

There is a huge range of substances now available in the form of gummies.

And gummies are made to taste nice. And this disguises that they contain active ingredients with serious effects. They themselves seem entirely innocuous. Possibly there is more concern over any sugars and sweeteners than what they are intended to deliver!

I'll mention just one active ingredient for now. Iron.

There is a long and tragic history of children eating traditional iron tablets because they were so often bright, shiny and reddish. The effects can be terrible.

🔴 Gummies are everywhere.

🔴 They are being heavily promoted in shops across the country and online.

🔴 They look like sweets. 🔴🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣⚫️⚪️🟤

🔴 They taste like sweets.

🔴 The clear bottles make them highly visible.

🔴 They have devastating potential.

I'd like to implore you not to buy them. But I do realise that, for some, they represent a way of taking supplements that are otherwise difficult.

So I'll just say, be extremely careful. It doesn't matter that most of the time there are no children around. You just need to have one child visitor.

Always ensure they are inaccessible - preferably locked up. 🔐

[ In case it isn't entirely obvious. That picture is a genuine online promotional image. I have obscured the branding because I do not wish to contribute to the promotion of the product. As I view it, that is an advertisement for a food, a confectionery, a sweet. Not a potentially deadly substance.

Adding:

Listed ingredients: Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid), Iron (ferric sodium EDTA), Glucose Syrup, Glucose, Acidity Regulators (citric acid, sodium citrate), glazing agent (vegetable oil (contains carnauba wax)), Sugar, Pectin, Purple Carrot Juice Concentrate, Natural Strawberry Flavour

But I cannot see anything saying how much iron they contain. Wouldn't be the first time I've simply missed it but it should be very clear and obvious.

Eventually found a barely readable fuzzy area that reads 5 milligrams per gummy. ]

[amala57]

Thank you for the warning.

[RedApple Administrator]

The internet supplement suppliers are awash with gummies. Every vitamin and 'shroom extract is now available in gummy form. I can't even begin to imagine how much sugar one could consume in a day just by taking these.

I was appalled recently to see that my local supermarket (beginning with A and ending in i ) is also selling them.

And of course they taste nice so it could be tempting to take more than the recommended dose.

[tattybogle]

Good point,

'6 year old me' would definitely be snaffling those strawberry teddies when a grown up had said no to buying me any sweets. quite horrific when you think of the consequences. please tell me they at least have a childproof lid ?.

( mind you, the 6 yr olds i know can get past them with relative ease)

[RedApple Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

'please tell me they at least have a childproof lid ?.'

Not the ones I've seen. Simple screw top lids, with maybe a foil seal underneath. Childs play to open and scoff the lot.

[tattybogle in reply to RedApple]

"Ice-creeam ... lollli-pops ....all free today" ,

"Toxic Bears .... Bubble Gum flavour nicotine .. come and get em kiddywinks"

i'm genuinely appalled.

[FallingInReverse]

Before finding this forum I’d take my D gummies very imprecisely … an extra here or there as they are definitely so yummy!

Now I am actually taking care to calibrate exactly how much D I really need.

Earlier this year I needed a loading dose and was very happy to need a few a day.

Then I dropped to 1… although I do expect I will need an increase after my next test and I’m not gonna lie - I am looking forward to it 😋

No kids in the house, vitamins upstairs in a cabinet … a good reminder for all!