Is Equazen VitaSpectrum the best value multivitamin for kids with autism, or is it just another expensive powder?
Parents have asked me to find really good multivitamins that are a good value, that don’t break the bank. So it is Opt or Drop time on this. Let’s find out.
Target group
Equazen VitaSpectrum is an unflavored, powdered multivitamin made by Klaire Labs. I bought this. This is not sponsored whatsoever.
It’s designed for children 4 and up, and it’s really targeting those with neurodevelopmental differences. The goal is to fill common nutrient gaps and support brain development, and offer better absorption of key vitamins and minerals. So this is a multivitamin, but there definitely is a focus on neurological health. So it’s like a multivitamin plus.
All right, let’s check out the ingredients. That’s where it all matters. And this is where a VitaSpectrum starts to stand out from, let’s say, your typical basic multivitamins.
Ingredients
It uses methylated B vitamins, like methylcobalamin and methylfolate. Those are the active forms. So your child can actually use them. You don’t need to process them and have an enzyme to convert them for use. And this is important if your child has any MTHFR mutations or issues with methylation.
In here, there’s also choline, which is very nice. It supports memory and brain development.
And there are also nutrients for methylation, like TMG, in here.
There’s no iron or copper, and some parents like to avoid that. Some like to supplement individually on their own. So it’s good that there’s no copper or iron in here. There’s quite a bit, the label is quite big.
Vitamin D3, zinc, and selenium – they’re here at decent levels, and they’re to support immune resilience and reduce oxidative stress, which is great because a lot of times in kids with autism or with sensory or immune dysregulation, some of the oxidative stress can be elevated. So if you’re giving a multivitamin, this is a general approach. It’s nice to have small amounts of the nutrients in there that do that.
There’s also K2 in here, and it’s really essential to have K2 when you’re taking D3 because you want to put the calcium where it belongs, into the bones and not the soft tissue. And that’s a lot of times what happens if you take a lot of D3, but without any K2. K2 is naturally produced in the gut. But again, with kids with autism, there’s dysbiosis many times. So supplementing with K2 certainly is beneficial.
Then there are things like biotin, inositol, and bioflavonoids in here. Inositol is good to help with anxiety. And things like this are typically not included in your basic multivitamins.
So that’s why this is robust. It’s like a multivitamin plus with a focus on cognition.
Taste and smell test
All right, let’s see how it tastes. So it is unflavored. It is a powder. It definitely has a yellow, orangey tinge to it. A serving is one scoop, and it says to dissolve it in six ounces of water, which I have here.
Here we go. Basically, just floating on the top right now. Let’s stir it up. Definitely, it changes the clarity of the water to cloudy. It has that orangey look, but there’s definitely that vitamin type smell.
Taste
All right. That’s not that good. I wouldn’t say… I don’t know, the smell just… The smell, for me, makes it taste… Let me do it again. It’s definitely on the thick side. I know the label, and I know all the goodness in the label, but it’s definitely not flavorless, but it might be more from the smell. I don’t know. I think that’s going to be a tough sell to drink that because I don’t really want to drink that. I know it’s good for me and all that stuff.
Picky eaters
I think putting it in water is not going to work if you have a picky eater. They’re going to know something is different. The smell is definitely strong.
Hide it
I would put that in some food. You could probably put that in eggs easily. Definitely, you could put that in pasta, pasta sauce, gluten-free pasta, of course. You could put that in hummus, things along those lines. You could probably put a little bit of honey, a little bit of maple syrup, maybe make a little bit of paste. You don’t want to go overboard with the sugar. If you were trying to hide it, I don’t think it would be an easy sell to just drink that. It’s really more the smell. It just, I don’t know. It smells like that vitamin smell. For some kids, they don’t like it, which is fine.
Cost
The cost is great. So this costs $30. It is in my FullScript. If you want to check it out there, it costs $30. This is a 30-day supply. So that is a great value, especially for what’s on the label.
Conclusion
It’s definitely potent. If you needed to get that in, and it was like, ‘Okay, I can only get one thing in my child’ VitaSpectrum wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
This isn’t a sponsored review. Parents have asked me to review multivitamins, and on the label, this is a great multivitamin. It definitely has a lot more than you would expect in a multivitamin. I think that is a really great advantage of it. I just think it needs to be in food rather than liquid.
I would say that it is an opt if you’re looking for a robust multivitamin that has high B vitamins in a powdered form. It is technically unflavored, but I would say it definitely has a flavor. If the only thing you could do is put it in liquid, I don’t think it’s going to work well for your child. But if you think you can hide this in some food, it definitely would be worth it if that’s the profile of the multivitamin that you’re looking for.
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