Customer Reviews

Sambucol Immune System Support, Original Formula, Liquid, Black Elderberry, 4 oz.

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I don't know why so few people know about Sambucol. I had never heard of it until this year, when a friend told me to try it. I had been getting colds over and over again. "My kids and I all take it and we almost never get sick. It's elderberry syrup."

I thought, "Isn't that something from the Smurfs?"

I went to my local pharmacy and they looked at me like I had six heads. Elderberry syrup? I told them the name Sambucol, and they still just shook their heads and stared at me. I decided my friend was nuts.

Then I looked it up online and found this little group of people singing its praises. My mom found some for me at a chain drugstore, and I tried it while I still had a bad cold. It didn't help. (That's why I took away a star.) The cold dragged on for nearly 2 weeks no matter what I tried.

But I liked the taste of the Sambucol-- thick, a bit like blueberries but not as sweet. And I liked that it was supposed to be good for me, and easy to take, so I figured, "Why not?" I kept taking it, and bought the kids' version for my daughter, too (nowhere near as tasty, by the way... too sweet and much thinner).

Anyway, my daughter and I have not been sick again since then. I don't know if that's the result of the Sambucol or not, and it hasn't been long enough for me to make any definite pronouncements, but I was definitely on a bad streak before I began taking it. What I know now is that I like it, it makes me feel like I'm doing something good for my body, and I can't figure out any reason not to take it... so I'll keep doing it.

Sort of tastes like overly fermented berries, the 3.8g content of the actual berry extract is low compared to other products out there.