QUOTE(jesserider223 @ Dec 15 2016, 10:47 PM)
this is very convincing, you're definitely a very smart consumer, i'm learning a lot here....
currently i do not take any supplement, i should start soon but i'll have to take a look at Cosway/Amway/Elken/GNC's catalogs first...
important for me to know CoA should be considered and also a precious fact that thru your experiences, you're able to discern the smell between the spirulinas
will contact you later after decided...
No hurries. A perfect example is shown below.
QUOTE(oyching88 @ Dec 16 2016, 12:59 AM)
Yes for Cosway or Elken or any brands that don't have their own production.
Nutrilite utilize their own farm & production, not by supplier which are ready made.
Talking about Amazon, why Amazon? We have Lelong.com and mudah.com

But then can you trust on what the contents are?
Have you seen counterfeit Blackmores before? It's 40% cheaper
Honest speaking, there are only few possible reasons for cheap price:
1) almost expired
2) expired
3) doing charity
4) you are able to get the cost price direct from production
For Amway retailing price & member price, it's way above RM10-20 sorry to tell that.
If you want price/quantity you can get way cheaper brands just by visiting any local pharmacy, Blackmores is already cheaper than a lot of brands.
Cheap is not always the best but then, expensive is not always the best too, get know more about the products and compare it to take what suite you most.
Great that you can provide the most cheapest price from all brands
Btw, how much you can get for Nutrilite 120 tabs Bio C??
Why amazon? Because there you will get honest customer review where they will compare other products. Items sold on lelong. mudah are not even worth looking at. All selling same stuff as those sold by Malaysian pharmacy. You can't even see the full list of ingredients on Malaysian online store. Yup. That's why you get the CoA, look at official company label to check out what's inside (in US, there's a law that the manufacturer must list out what he put inside. Cannot hide. If hide and found out, can kena sue. Don't need to list until exact mg just the contents).
Honestly, I don't take blackmoore anymore. There's so much better brand than Blackmore (Healthy Origins, Nutrex Hawaiian, Carlson, Nordic Naturals, etc)
Those products I get are genuine and expired min 2-3 years from purchase
US stores buy in bulk so they are practically half price than what's sold by the official manufacturer. Supplements in the US are cheap compare to Malaysia.
You sound like Amway agent.
I told you I don't sell Amway. You can check review on Amazon and see what people think of Amway.
Nutrilite 120 tabs Bio C. Ingredients
Vitamin C ( from ascorbic acid & Acerola Cherry Concentrate) 500mg
Acerola Cherry Concentrate (Acerola Cherry extract,[Malpighia emarginate L.(fruit ),maltodextrin,silicon dioxide] ?mg
Citrus multiflavonoid complex ( grape fruit, mandarin, Lemon) [ fruit & Peel ] ? mg
Cheapest I saw RM130
Have your pick
(i) Now C-500 complex 500mg/tablet 250 tablets = RM78
Ingredients:
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 500 mg
Citrus bioflavonoids Complex 100 mg
Acerola powder (Malpighia punicifolia) (Fruit) 100 mg
Rose hips powder (Rosa canina) (Fruit) 100 mg
Rutin powder (Sophora japonica) (Flower Bud) 10mg
(ii) Natural Factors time released vitamin C 1000mg/tablet 180 tablets = RM91
Ingredients:
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 1000 mg
Citrus bioflavonoids extract 4:1 from 200 mg of citrus fruits = 50 mg
Hesperidin extract 4:1 from 100 mg of orange = 25mg
(iii) Ester-C 500mg/tablet 450 tablets = RM165
Ingredients:
Vitamin C (Ester-C Calcium Ascorbate) 500mg
Calcium (Ester-C Calcium Ascorbate) 55mg
Citrus bioflavonoids complex 200mg
Citrus bioflavonoids
+ Acerola, Rutin, Hesperidin complex, natural vitamin C metabolites
(iv) Now C-1000 BUffered + sustain release complex 1000mg/tablet 180 tablets = RM112
Ingredients:
Vitamin C (Calcium Ascorbate) 1000mg
Calcium (Calcium Ascorbate) 110mg
Citrus bioflavonoid complex 250mg
Acerola powder (Malpighia punicifolia) 50mg
Rutin Powder (Sophora japonica) 50 mg
Option (iii) and (iv) provide non acidic vitamin C. Now tell me again whether Amway is cheaper or more expensive. Even if it's selling at RM100, it's still expensive for a bottle.
For me, I personally won't buy vitamin C supplements. Why? Better option exist such as lime, lemon, roselle. Why waste money on vitamin C supplement? There are other better stuff than vitamin C for immune/antioxidant.
This post has been edited by Ramjade: Dec 16 2016, 03:40 AM