The Best Brands of Sustainable Vegan Supplements

Feel Multivitamin includes 32 quality well-absorbed ingredients, with results in 90 days. You can open the capsules to sprinkle on food and drink if wished (not on hot liquids, this would damage nutrients). Includes vitamins and minerals in potent forms, including for skin, hair and nails.

Always check with GP before taking, if on other supplements/medication or if pregnant/nursing.  Keep away from young children and pets, and recycle unwanted supplements/medicines at your local pharmacy (never flush down the loo).

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The supplements industry creates 1.8 billion plastic bottles each year, half containing animal-derived ingredients, causing the deaths of 24 billion creatures (many of them fish).

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My hair is growing. My nails are strong. I feel like I have more energy and I am definitely less creaky!

Best multi-vitamins I’ve ever taken. Environmentally-friendly packaging too.

The only multivitamin I’ve found where I actually feel the difference.

Dr Vegan Supplements (in metal tins with refills)

Just like Mr Kipling, Dr Vegan does not really exist. But is a team of nutritional experts, who make supplements sold in metal tins, then you just buy refill pouches thereafter.

The range includes:

Dr Vegan’s Women Promulti (for women over 40) includes antioxidants and B/D3 vitamins, iron, folate, magnesium and zinc, plus iodine for thyroid support. Expect more energy and better bone density, better immunity and sleep, and less PMS-related discomfort (results in a few weeks).

Dr Vegan Men’s Promulti includes vitamins and minerals, plus ingredients to support prostate health and testosterone levels. Expect better immunity, vision, skin and energy. Again expect results in weeks. Due to ashwagandha, avoid for thyroid or autoimmune disorders, or if about to have surgery.

Other supplements include:

• A pregnancy supplement
• GutWorks is good for digestive issues like IBS.
• Omega-3 supplements contain the optimal dose of DHA and EPA per serving for brain, heart, skin and eye health. Ethically sourced from algae (one ton is the same as 60 tonnes of wild-caught fish).
• Vegan Nights is an advanced nootropic to help your mind and body relax for better sleep, and awake refreshed.
• Hair Saviour is an award-winning formula to fuel healthy hair growth. Not for male pattern baldness or alopecia. Do not use for pregnancy/nursing, women or have had or at risk of hormone-related cancers or conditions that may affect iron loss. 

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Dr Vegan’s Kids Multi-vitamin

Dr Vegan’s Kids Protmulti (for ages 3 to 16) is another supplement of quality, containing 25 active nutrients, designed to protect against common nutrient gaps, it contains:

• Vitamins (for general health and immunity)
• B Vitamins (for mental health and concentration)
• Minerals (for bones, muscles and teeth)
• Iron (for energy)
• Antioxidants (for healthy hair, skin and nails)
• Live bacteria (for sensitive tummies)

The capsules are 1 to 3 a day, depending on age (from 3 years up). Best taken with food, the capsules can also be opened and sprinkled onto food or drink (not with heat, this can damage the probiotics).

For the same reason, store away from heat and moisture (including radiators, kettles and steamy bathrooms). Ideally store in a frost-free fridge.

Vegums (chewable supplements in compostable packs)

Vegums Multivitamins were created by two pharmacists, who sell chewable gummies in cellulose bags that you can cut up and compost, when empty. Subscribe online for big savings, with free shipping.

The tasty strawberry chewable supplements are taken 2 a day (or 1 a day for children over 3). They also contain iodine (a fish-free alternative for healthy thyroid), selenium and folic acid. Vegums Sugar-Free Multivitamins are sweetened with maltitol syrup (raspberry flavour).

You’ll also find plant-based omega 3 supplements and lemon-flavoured Vegums Vitamin C. Buy one tin, then order refills in cellulose bags (cut up and compost). Ideal for healthy skin and immunity, and to reduce fatigue.

Vegums Super Iron Blackberry Gummies are best taken with vitamin C (a glass of orange juice or better yet, a real orange!) Good for energy and immunity. If you feel sluggish and tired, you may be low in iron.

This is one of the world’s most common nutritional deficiencies, especially for menstruating women. Other symptoms of low iron are brain fog, brittle nails and thinning hair. If you suspect anaemia, contact your GP.

Vegums (chewy fruity supplements for children)

Vegums is a brand of quality vegan supplements founded by two pharmacists, and also offers a children’s range in sustainable packaging. Most are the same as the adult supplements, children simply take a lower dose.

Look/taste like sweets, keep away from young children and pets.

Whether your child is vegan or not, all these supplements are made by reputable companies and are free from cheap fillers and gelatine (animal bones), sold in sustainable packaging. Healthy diets are best, these are simply nutritional back-ups, to cover all the important bases for growing children.

NHS website has good information for parents of vegan children, that is regularly reviewed to ensure it’s kept up-to-date with the latest research.

The range of Vegum supplements for children includes:

• Strawberry A to Z Multivitamin is for children age 3 to 11 (and for adults from 12 years, the dose is larger). Also in a sugar-free version.
• Super Iron Gummies (for tired children) is also good for hair, skin and nails.
• Fish-Free Omega Gummies (for brain, vision and overall development), good for children with tired eyes, wobbly knees or silly brain – and hate the taste of fish!
• Wholefruit Probiotic (for good gut health for grumpy tummies)
• Wholefruit Vitamin C (citrus-flavoured for immunity boost) for tired children, or those who keep getting the sniffles.

The supplements industry creates 1.8 billion plastic bottles each year, half containing animal-derived ingredients, causing the deaths of 24 billion creatures (many of them fish).

Ethical Nutrition (fairly-priced vegan supplements)

Ethical Multivitamin is taken 2 capsules a day (1 after breakfast and lunch) with 26 essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients, enhanced with organic turmeric and broccoli. The vitamin C is from organic cherries.

Take this for complete nutrition, and better energy, immunity, brain health, blood sugar regulation, strong bones and healthy skin, hair and nails. It also offers folic acid in its natural state (unless most versions, so it’s better absorbed, for healthy healthy foetal development and maternal health.

Nothing Fishy (plant-based vitamin D3)

Vitamin D3 is a plant-based version to absorb calcium for healthy bones and teeth, and grow strong muscles. This is absorbed better than vegan D2, so look for D3 made from algae or lichen.

Nothing Fishy (use code ENGNF15 for 15% off first purchase) is a good brand, sold in  glass jars with compostable refills.

Vitamin D comes from the sunshine, so in England we benefit from a supplement in winter months. It’s fat-soluble so take with fatty foods (nuts, seeds) or with plant-based omega-3 supplements.

Read more on how to stay safe in the sun naturally (wash sun screen off before letting pets lick or kiss you, due to zinc oxide).

FutureKind Vegan Supplements (donates to animal sanctuaries)

Future Kind was founded by two Aussie brothers and donates a portion of profits to animal sanctuaries worldwide. You can also use Kind Coins to redeem against future orders (or donate them to sanctuaries instead).

The range includes a multivitamin, a prenatal vitamin for expecting mums and vegan vitamin D3. Plus supplements for good joint and eye health. All with compostable refill packs.

This company also has a remote team that work from home, so prices are more affordable, due to not paying for big offices.  offices in the city. This also reduces the number of cars on the road.

Join the Supplement Transparent Label Campaign

The Transparent Label Campaign has been set up by Terraseed, a wonderful vegan supplement company in the USA, which makes supplements for adults and children.

The founder (a long-distance runner) discovered that the supplements industry creates 1.8 billion plastic bottles each year, half containing animal-derived ingredients, causing the deaths of 24 billion creatures (many of them fish).

So after formulating her own supplements that have many loyal fans, she decided to educate others about this surprising fact, to encourage all supplement makers to empower their consumers, so they know what to buy and avoid, according to their own personal ethics.

We Need Proper Labels on Supplements

If you visit any health store, pharmacist or supermarket (or go online), you’ll be bombarded with a confusing array of supplements. As well as many not being needed (only a few are really any good – a balanced multi-supplement, a pre-natal supplement, vitamin D3 for some people and a few others like  plant-based omega 3), the ingredients lists are also confusing:

• Gelatine (animal bones)
• Magnesium stearate
• Creatine
• Collagen

Krill supplements are sold in many health stores, yet are causing by-catch fishing and ‘stealing’ the main food away from whales and other endangered creatures.  You can easily get omega 3 acids from nuts, seeds or plant-based omega 3 supplements).

And many of these ingredients are from factory farms or farmed fishing, creating huge amounts of animal suffering worldwide, all completely unnecessary. But even if you are not vegan or vegetarian, confusing labelling often means you would have no idea what’s inside the supplements.

This is a US petition (but if it creates change there, it could help here). It’s basically asking the FDA (the US food and drug administration) to implement better labels, which would mandate companies to disclose if their supplements contained animal by-products:

Presently, the US supplement industry is responsible for the deaths of around:

• 14.4 million pigs
• 3.6 million cows
• 244,000 sheep
• Billions of fish

It takes 100 anchovies to make just one bottle of omega 3.

Plus 1.8 billion plastic pill bottles, most end up on landfills.