Customer Reviews

Nature's Plus - Animal Parade Cherry/Oran/Grape, 180 chewable tablets

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So I did buy this for my daughter. Great product but it is not as good as there gold version which has better and more vitamins and minerals. The amount of lead does not scare me. Everything we eat has lead unless it was made in a lab and you took out the lead. You'd have to build it from the ground up as well. (E.G Synthetic oil, lab made vitamins)

Also the benefits literally outweight the risks since some of the vitamins/minerals in this product actually increases your body ability to absorb less lead by increasing your lead tolerance.

So here is a comment I posted on people crying about the lead in this. Please do read it. Especially you organic and natural food lovers.

""""This is pretty dumb. lead is in virtually every natural growing thing hence why the Multivitamins that had the least were the ones that were lab-made vitamins or were not as potent as animal parade. More Potent (natural-made) = more lead.

Now the dietary tolerable amount for children ages 6 and under is 6 MICROGRAMS got it?
That means that the body is able to get rid of it easily and thus no effect. What does this mean you ask? It means that even the Animal Parade Shake had 2.88 MICROGRAMS (Animal Parade Vitamins had 0.623 MCG, less than a microgram). Why am I capitalizing the micrograms? Because well a microgram is one millionth of a gram.

Food Highest Amount of Lead in a 4 Ounce (1/2 cup) Serving
Shrimp, boiled 23.8 mcg
Italian salad dressing 12.2 mcg
Mixed nuts, no peanuts, roasted 10.2 mcg
Liver, beef, fried 9.0 mcg
Brussels sprouts, fresh, boiled 7.9 mcg
Sweet potato, fresh, baked 7.2 mcg
Spinach, boiled 7.0 mcg
Dry table wine 6.8 mcg
Avocado, raw 4.5 mcg
Honey 4.5 mcg
Watermelon, raw 4.5 mcg
Raisin bran cereal 4.1 mcg
Raisins, dried 3.5 mcg
Cottage cheese 4% milk fat 3.4 mcg
Cucumber, Raw 3.4 mcg
Peach, raw 3.4 mcg
Granola cereal 3.0 mcg
Shredded wheat cereal 3.0 mcg
Whole wheat bread 2.8 mcg
Onions, mature, raw 2.7 mcg
Apple, red, raw 2.6 mcg
Green peas, boiled 2.2 mcg
Lima beans, boiled 2.2 mcg
Strawberries, raw 2.0 mcg
Eggs, boiled 1.5 mcg
Whole milk 1.2 mcg

Lead is in almost everything and is present in vegetables more than meat due to the plants abilty to absorb more lead through the air and soil. It is a byproduct in the air we breathe. The known health effects take place around 60 MCG for a child under 6 and yet it is over a period of time.

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I don't work for this company or anything like that, but these are great vitamins for my child. I was just as worried as anyone else when I heard the news. Im a responsible parent and person so I looked at information everywhere. I can't even imagine how much of this you would have to ingest to get any side effect of lead poisoning. Do the math, do your own research. Be smart parents for these are your kids. Lead is in the air we breathe, so are you going to turn your child into bubble boy?

My kids love the fruity tast. They look forward to getting their vitamins each morning!

I typically don't pay attention to reviews that list problems without a source. But in seeing the past review regarding high lead levels I did some research and the FDA does have this product listed as having one of the higher lead levels for children's vitamins from a study done 8/08.

Here is the FDA link:

[...] (OK, my link was edited out, look in comments of the post below or search the FDA website.)

I found no rebuttal or mention of this on the Nature's Plus website, so I will no longer use this product.

The FDA does list the lead level within acceptable limits. My thought on that is:
1. Why is there ANY lead in children's vitamins!
2. There is NO safe level of lead to consume. Again do your own research on this.

I was about to purchase this product when I did some additional research on it .Yes this product doesn't contain aspartame but it reviewed as having the highest levels of lead out there for a children's mult-vitamin. Which is more damaging? Don't know.

My almost two-year-old is an extremely picky eater, so we bought a couple of different vitamins to help supplement his diet. He didn't really care for the first ones and they were full of unnatural additives and even, YIKES, aspartame! Found Animal Parade and now my son begs and cries for his vitamins. I'm getting ready to order another bottle. Better price here on Amazon than in the health food store I usually go to!

Nature's Plus makes the best children's multi-vitamins on the market. The taste is great; well-balanced, essential nutrients. Free from allergens, artificial ingredients, etc. My kids love them, and actually miss them when they forget to take them. Great product. So much better than the ones offered in the big box stores, pharmacies, etc. Your kids will thank you for offering them.

These chewable vitamins have been endorsed by my kid -- one of the fussiest, most texture- and taste-sensitive children around. I wanted a chewable (she can't swallow vitamins) without poisonous aspartame, and finally found this one. They are tasty and easy to chew, and I am pleased that she is getting supplements.

I have done some research on the lead issue and am satisfied that these are safe. It turns out that any vitamin containing natural minerals will have trace amounts of lead, due to its naturally occurring in organic materials. The lead is NOT added to the vitamin, it is in the foods used to make the vitamin. You would also get trace amounts of lead in natural foods of any sort. These tiny levels are small enough that they can be excreted safely from the body. There is no comparison to these minute quantities and the massive amounts of lead you would get from paint chips or dust.

This is the only vitamin that I have been able to get my kids to take willingly. It tastes great, is packed full of lots of vitamins & minerals, doesn't have added sugar to make it taste great (uses fruit to make it taste good), and because it's chewable can be taken by any kid without difficulty. I like the variety of ingredients it has in it verses the competition. I highly recommend this vitamin!

Folks, if you don't glean anything else from this review, know this: Vitamin D3 is Cholecalciferol. This multi contains NO VITAMIN D3. Vitamin D3 is the beneficial Vitamin D in which many people are critically deficient.

The Ergocalciferol contained in this product is not Vitamin D3. Ergocalciferol is something your body has to deal with, it's overhead and not shown to provide the benefits of Vitamin D3 supplementation. If you're interested in the rest of the story, you may want to visit the Vitamin D Council's web site and/or Dr. Mercola's web site.

Your kids may like the taste of these (as mine did), but it isn't worth it. Find somethings else.

I have a 3 year old and an almost two year old. I give them one of these a day (instead of the recommended 2) along with one of the kids greens vitamins also by natures plus. My kids love the taste, I love that they have whole foods extracts. I have noticed a difference in the healthiness of my children since I started them on these. They get sick so much less and when they do it is much less severe. We have been using them for about a year.