These Calcium and Vitamin D tablets arrived in a plastic bottle. The bottle has a flip top that also unscrews and there is a seal on the bottle neck when it arrives. There is no child-proof mechanism on the cap. The tablets are pretty large (see picture next to £1 coin) but because of their shape they’re not too difficult to swallow. They are also bright red in colour (children might mistake them for sweets). The NHS recommends a daily intake of 10µg of Vitamin D and 700mg of Calcium, so these tablets have half the daily Vitamin D requirement (200IU = 5µg) and two thirds of the Calcium requirement. The ones I usually get from the supermarket are £2.70 for 90 (3p each) but they only contain 2.5µg of Vitamin D and 400mg of Calcium. These have twice the amount of Vitamin D but work out at almost 18p each, so they’re six times more expensive than the supermarket ones. Daily doses of more than 100µg of Vitamin D can be dangerous, so I’m not happy that there is no child proof mechanism on the cap. Because of this and the fact that they are so much more expensive than the supermarket ones I’m only giving them 1 star. Read more

I can't comment really on the benefits of the particular mix of vitamins, it is not my area of expertise, but it is reported that vitamin D helps with the absorption of calcium, so if there is a need to up your calcium absorption this could be a useful mix. I would re-iterate that the vitamin D is measured as 200IU, not mg or ug which might be values used for other vitamins. I would advise you to do your own sum if you have been given a mg or ug value to work with, but from the NHS vitamins and minerals page on vitamin D I converted this value to be equivalent to 5ug, the advised limit is 100ug per day. These softgels are recommended at 1 per day on the packet. I had no issue whatsoever swallowing these, but in general I don't have an issue. The softgels are not sticky, but they are bright red. There was no noticeable taste, but the bottle did smell a bit like PVA glue (again), but if you don't stick your nose in the bottle you won't have an issue. This is the first time I have noticed that one of these bottles has a flip-lid (but many of the other bottles I have do now I look). Once the inner seal is broken you don't need to unscrew the cap each time. Overall am happy with the product thus far. Read more

I.like the size of tabs and easy to swallow seems ideal they are working Read more

I have had for over six months, in a cupboard in the kitchen, some calcium tablets that are harder to swallow than your average breeze block . So much so that I have had to resort to breaking them into pieces in order to swallow them without instigating a violent gag reflex. So these tablets have been a welcome addition to my weekly dietary supplements . Very easy to swallow they are a virulent red in colour and a shape that I have never seen in supplementary tablets before. It is interesting that one of the judgement criteria for these is the taste, as they have no taste at all. So either my taste buds are badly performing or the taste requirement for the marking is a misnomer . As for their supplementary qualities it is impossible to quantify them in so short a space of time , and arguably very difficult in any space of time . Unless of course you have some ongoing issues with are alleviated by the tablets . Fortunately for me they are no such issues , though you could argue that the lack of any symptoms is testament to the health giving properties of the supplements. This reviewing lark is more difficult than you would think. One things is for sure , the ease of imbibing them is definitely going to make taking them less of a chore. Read more

Very easy to swallow, no taste at all, in the picture a 5p coin is sitting behind the pill to give perspective. Read more