Customer Reviews

Emergen-C Fizzy Drink Mix, Raspberry, 30-Count Packets

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I read in a review that someone stated this product was made in China.

I called the 800 number and asked a few questions. The lady who answered was very nice and e-mailed me the following:
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Hello,

As we discussed, please find below the information about where our ingredients come from & our quality control process.

All Alacer products are made in the United States. Our ingredients are purchased from all over the world (including China) from suppliers who meet United States Pharmacopoeia standards.

We test 100% of our incoming raw materials for identity and we confirm that what we received is what we ordered. We use very sophisticated laboratory equipment that takes a near infrared fingerprint of all incoming raw materials, and it compares the fingerprint to our approved raw materials library. If it does not match, it is rejected from our warehouse.

If we may be of help in any other way, please let us know.


Warm regards,

Kristin Frey
Customer Relations
Alacer Corp., makers of Emergen-C
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I like the product and take it 3 times a day - I like to mix in a touch of grape juice to enhance the flavor.

I am an avid fan of Emergen-C. I do my best to get in 2 a day. I started taking them when I was on a new diet. I was going to a clinic and the nurses recommended them to ensure that I got all of my daily vitamins. Your body absorbs vitamins much more this way rather than taking the huge horse pills. The clinic also recommend them to help curb headaches. I was giving up my beloved 'Diet Coke' and this was the only thing that made it possible. Plus the B vitamins really boost your metabolism.
These are also great when you feel a cold coming on. They really help to boost your immune system. I never leave home without Emergen-C! I always have a stash in my purse!

I've liked all of the flavors I have tried so far. I love mixing them with Crystal light or something similar. With the Raspberry I mix this with the Lemonade Crystal Light and made it Raspberry Lemonade. It's delicious. I've also put it in with Diet Sprite and it was very good.

After weeks of fighting a cold and/or sinus infection, a friend recommended Emer'gen-C. I was skeptical; I was already taking vitamin C and Zicam with no apparent improvement. Within 24 hours of beginning a twice-daily dose of Emer'gen-C, my symptoms lessened and my energy level increased. Now I'm a believer!

Please note: the manufacturer does not recommend this product for anyone under age 15.

The minute I start feeling early symptoms of a cold, I start chugging this plus Echinecea supplements. Within a day or two, the symptoms are gone. If I'm already sick, I take this and the cold goes away faster. It tastes pretty good. You can make hot or cold drinks with it. I've only tried it cold and it's not grainy or gross at all. It's almost like a fruit flavored drink. I have friends who like to make it into a kind of tea and it works for them. So far, everyone I know who has tried this product has loved it.

The flavor is nice and tangy, but I have found that this variety is more difficult to dissolve in water. It tends to leave crystals in your mouth when you finish the glass, which I do not find appealing. I think the product is still decent, just not quite as good as the tropical flavor.

I have been buying raspberry Emergen-C for a long time and loved it. This time when I reordered it, the package was different and it boasted "new and improved" flavor. Well I can tell you that it is disgusting!! It is so sweet it makes me sick. I mix this every morning with spirulina, and this new stuff, I can't use, it is simply awful. I am hoping that I can return it. If this is how Emergen-C has changed its products, I will be looking for another vitimin drink

No one else has said it; and I do so with hesitation but...this product is great for the occasional symptoms that result from a night of overindulgence. I take two of these a day regardless, but one morning, after a party, I discovered that it really helps get rid of hangovers (or at least makes them more tolerable). It replaces a lot of the good stuff that you lose when you drink alcohol (vitamins, electrolytes, etc.) I certainly don't suggest relying on it for this reason, and do not endorse binge drinking, but if you find yourself feeling groggy, achy, and sort of empty from having a bit too much of the wrong kind of fun this will help get you through the day.

I've been using this product for five years. When I take one packet in water every day, I believe that I have fewer colds and generally feel better. I went for more than two years in a retail position without catching anything that was sneezed on me by customers!

I've been using Emergen-C for years. It's one of my favorite products - a really wonderful pick-me-up in the late afternoon. I swear by the stuff. Unfortunately, like so many companies that can't leave a good product alone, they have ruined it by changing it to "New Improved Flavor!". The new flavor is absolutely HORRIBLE. I can barely swallow the stuff. I actually needed a water chaser. I don't know why companies always feel the need to "new and improve" products that they know sell well. The new flavor is overpowering and has an artificial aftertaste that lasts for at least half an hour. I am so sad about this because it's a long-time favorite and I will not be buying it any more because it's nearly impossible for me to swallow, even with my nose plugged. I wish they would bring back the old flavor, which had a less harsh, real raspberry flavor.

My husband who has a lot of contact with the public (a police officer) caught the H1N1 flu at the end of October. Despite my best efforts of using a CDC recommended face mask, rubber medical gloves, hand sanitisers and every cleaning product known to mankind, I too fell ill with the H1N1 flu on November 3rd of this year.

While sick with this flu, I was prescribed Tamiflu by my doctor (which just made all of us who were given it very sick) and used many kinds of over the counter cold/flu medicines to help alleviate my misery. However, this flu hangs on FOREVER. It just does not go away. You can be ill for a week, then think you are all better, just to end up being taken by ambulance to the ER 48 hours later (like my mother was).

Three weeks after first catching this flu, the fever and lung pain was over, but I could not completely get rid of the rest of the symptoms. The cough and fatigue just stayed with me no matter what what I did and I had also developed a sinus infection. I couldn't get out of bed to do much other then take a shower. A friend who was dropping some stuff off for us also included a packet of Emergen-C with it. I decided to try it and could not believe how much better I felt about an hour later. I didn't even realise at first that it was the Emergen-C that did it. All I knew was for the first time in 3 weeks I felt awake and like I might be starting to get better. The next day my fatigue and other symptoms came back and I realised it was the Emergen-C that had made me feel so much better, I ordered it from Amazon and had it delivered overnight.

Right away I started drinking one packet each day and each day after drinking it I felt like I was getting better. After 3 days, my fatigue was gone and my sinus infection that I had suffered from for 2 weeks had subsided. My coughing had completely gone away and for the first time in almost a month I felt like a healthy normal person again.

My father who is in his late 50's suffered from this flu about a week more then I did. He went to the doctors 3 times and over the course of his flu, was placed of 2 kinds of antibiotics, Tamiflu, and prednisone steroids. He has had such a bad cough he developed a hernia and will need to have surgery to repair it. He was skeptical of my claims about Emergen-C finally getting rid of my flu, but did reluctantly try it. He has since become a believer and is now over his flu.

My husband who amazingly got over his H1N1 flu in only 6 days took Emergen-C several times during his flu. They were given a box of them to keep at their office (as well as a bottle of hand sanitiser) and he drank one each day at work and twice while sick at home. Since he was the first to fall ill with the flu, I just figured 6 days was the typical time it took to get over this flu. It wasn't until my parents, my kids and myself all became ill as well and it took almost a month to get better that I realised he was able to get better sooner because of taking the Emergen-C.

My husband, who I have to twist his arm to even take a Tylenol for a headache, swears by this product and now even keeps his own box of them at work.

All I can say is that the vitamins in this seems to give your body the tools it needs to make it self better. I would not recommend trying to use this instead of seeing a doctor if your ill and in need of medical treatment. I am just explaining my story of how our family who all became sick with the H1N1 flu, were able to get better results from drinking a packet of Emergen-C each day then we were any of our other medications that were bought over the counter or prescribed to us. If I had to guess, I would say this is because the H1N1 flu is so different then other flu's and many medications do not work against it. Where as with this product, you are simply giving your body's own immune system as much tools as it can to fight the virus.

Prior to this flu, I had never even tried Emergen-C before. I chose this flavor because at the time it was the only one available on Amazon Prime for getting it overnight shipping, and I needed right away. It's not like drinking a lemon lime soda. The fizz is minimal. It has a mild taste. But it works so well, I would drink any flavor I could get my hands on! You could also mix it with some of your favorite fruit juice as well if you want to change the taste.