Bassetts Soft and Chewy Everyday health multivitamins with blueberry lycopene one a day pastilles > Reviews (2)

Lately I seem to be lacking in energy and just generally feeling a bit rubbish so thought it might be a good idea to get some multivitamins. My diet is absolutely appalling and I was hoping that some multivitamins would make up for this a little bit. I originally bought some wilkinsons own multivitamins which were just vile, but when I saw these bassetts everyday ones in boots I thought they may be worth a try.

Price and availability

This pack contains 30 pastilles which cost me £3.85 (but there is currently a 3 for 2 offer which includes these among many other products). They are also readily available in other chemists and supermarkets.

The packaging

The box, in my opinion, is very eye catching. It is a very bright pink/purple so quite hard to miss. The box contains all of the necessary info – branding, ingredients, best before, and a warning of who should not take these. There is quite a lot of information about the vitamins – what they are used to promote and even what percentage of your recommended daily allowance these will give you. The only people who should not take these are children under the age of 6, and those that are pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant.

The taste

Bassetts are a brand that make sweets (e.g. liquorice allsorts) so I was expecting quite a lot from the taste of these and I was very satisfied. These genuinely just taste just like jelly sweets and I could happily eat the whole packet in one sitting just for the taste (but I won’t because that would be silly) They are very easy to chew and don’t have an unpleasant texture at all and I can’t see them being a problem for anybody, other than vegetarians as these contain gelatine.

The Vitamins

Each pastille contains varying amounts of:

A,C,D & E – To promote a healthy immune system, healthy eyes, skin, bones, teeth and gums, muscle growth development and function.

B vitamins (B2, B5, B6, B12, B9) – to promote energy and metabolism, heart and blood heath.

Lycopene (never heard of that before) – to promote skin health

Blueberry juice – contains antioxidants

Results

I have been taking these once daily for around 2 weeks now so I think that while I have definitely begun to feel the effects it might take a little longer to feel the full effects. I definitely feel that I have now got more energy than I did before. I would say that I have always had fairly healthy skin/teeth and gums, so this is not the main reason why I started to take these, so can’t really comment if this has particularly improved. I feel as though my immune system is also a little weaker than it used to be – another reason why I decided to take multivitamins - if I ever cut myself or have a bruise it seems to take a hell of a lot longer to heal up than it did when I was a little younger. I think this potentially could be down to my very poor diet – I refuse to eat any kind of veg and as far as I can remember I pretty much have never eaten the stuff. I thought that taking multivitamins would allow me to get the vitamins my body needs without having to compromise on the diet which I know is awful, but I have a very strange relationship with the food and just can’t bring myself to try new things.

I definitely feel like taking these multivitamins has improved my general health (or perhaps I just feel like it has because I am taking something to aid this everyday).

value for money

You get 30 pastilles in a packet so each one will roughly last you a month and to me £3.85 per month to improve my general health is well worth it. There are far cheaper alternatives but I am much happier to pay the extra so that taking a pastille is a pleasure rather than a chore. I only lasted a week or so on the wilkinsons own version as they were so disgusting but I can see me continuing to take these for the foreseeable future.

The good

• Has given me more energy
• Easily available
• Tasty
• Good value for money
• No added sugar, natural colours and natural flavours.

The bad

• Not suitable for vegetarians
• Not suitable for children under 6
• Not suitable for pregnant women/women intending to become pregnant
• I find the RDA % interesting for some of the vitamins. Some of them are actually above the RDA in just one pastille – not sure how good this is.

Overall

Overall I am very pleased with the effects I am feeling from just 2 weeks and am expecting to feel even better after a longer period of time. I think that they are perfectly good value for money (especially if you can find them on a 3 for 2 offer) and I highly recommend them.

Thanks for reading.