Complement Essential Vegan Multivitamin for Men & Women (30 Servings, 90 Capsules) with Omega-3 DHA & EPA, B12, Vitamin D3 & K2, Zinc, Selenium, Magnesium, Iodine - Supports Immunity & Overall Health

I’m not sure how anyone can give a bad review. I was ready to quit veganism cause I was feeling so lethargic. I just kept looking so tired and felt like ok not great. These are amazing. They literally gave me back my energy and I just feel amazing overall! I used to be a carnivore as well and still never felt this great. I do have a hard time swapping them but I’m trying. I’ve developed this fear of swallowing pills not sure why. Pretty stupid. They smell just a little but nothing you can’t freaking handle.

This product does lack some quality. It has a fishy smell, the mint taste is awful. It seems every time I purchased it there were broken capsules in the bag. I didn’t contact the company about it the first time. I kept re-ordering believing these were good vitamins I needed to keep taking them. I did. I never felt the worked. Also, I felt sick from the mint. After I order my last bag there were broken capsules. I contacted the Company. They have very nice customer service. I can’t remember I for certain. I believe I had to send them pictures of the product. They refunded my money and were going to send me new product. I told them not to. I wouldn’t be using this product anymore. I went back to what I was using before because I could actually feel a difference in my body and knew my old product was working.

I have been taking this supplement (complement, that is) for several years since changing to a whole food plant based diet. I started with an Amazon monthly subscription when that became available. I became disenchanted when a couple of bags arrived with some damaged capsules and a sticky mess as is mentioned in some of the negative reviews. I have been delighted the past two months when the pouch arrived in a cardboard box and no capsule damage. On my carefully planned diet, all of the included nutrients are probably not needed. However, one definitely is (Vitamin B12), some likely are (eg. Vitamin D, zinc and omega3 fatty acids) and the experts make reasonable cases for at least a risk of deficiency in the others while keeping to a plant-based (think vegan) diet. This is definitely not a multi-vitamin for general purpose use. The claims made by the company regarding outside lab testing on the product are impressive, but I have no way of independently verifying this. Reviewers have commented on the peppermint smell. This is likely used to cover up the smell of the algae based source of long chain omega 3 fattly acids (EPAand DHA), and I do not find it offensive at all. The company claims the packaging is compostable. I have recently been cutting the pouches into small pieces and putting them in my backyard compost. They seem to be disappearing, but more time will be needed for me to be sure of that. The company offers a testing program where you can send a blood sample and they will determine your individual status for these nutrients. I have not done this as my life-long study of nutrition has lead me to believe that measuring status of most nutrients by checking blood levels can be misleading. Further, I would question the reliability of a small sample of blood obtained at home without detailed scientific studies.

This product is carefully packaged for safe shipment. It contains those vitamins that someone on plant-based or mostly plant-based diet would otherwise find it difficult to get. Very useful and high quality.

I never really know if a supplement is actually helpful and does what it says, but I really believe that this one is a winner. I really believe it provides me with the essential stuff I need to live a healthy lifestyle. I feel better, my hair sheds less and my skin is clearer. However, my one issue that I realize others have is that if the package is shipped with heavy items in the same box the capsules can actually burst and smear their contents over all the other capsules and turn it into a big gooey mess. The company needs to address this issue and perhaps rethink packaging in a bottle for instance. I would upload an image but I have a real problem doing that on my MacBook Pro for some reason.

Capsules are large but easy to swallow. If you take all three at once you might notice a bit of a fishy aftertaste but it didn’t bother me as it's pretty average for taking omega 3s. If you just take one and spread them out during the day it's fine. I always have a bit more energy after taking these. Also, it looks like they fixed whatever issue they had before with delivery as they started putting the product in individual boxes so other items don't squish them. No leaks whatsoever and in the multiple times i've purchased I haven't had any issues that kept me from using them. Idk why people are complaining about a green fishy smell when it's literally just the vitamins. They have iodine which is kelp and algae based omega 3s so of course it's a little "fishy". If you get another type of omega 3 that has less types of omegas included (this one has like 4 different types) and is just algae oil I'd imagine it wouldn't taste as fishy depending on the brand. I like that all this stuff is included though so I'll keep ordering.