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Flintstones Chewable Vitamins

Type of product:Vitamin Pills/Tablets
Number of reviews:168
Reviews
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(NOTE: People's sense of taste often changes in the weeks right after bariatric surgery as they adjust to new dietary routines. This can influence the ratings on the “taste” scale below.)
Posted 08/26/08
darlene R.
“bad taste”

Taste Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 08/25/08
Anne M.
“These taste like the yucky vitamins you remember as a kid. Spiderman is a little bit better. ”

Taste Very Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 08/20/08
mellonesse1
“Great product. It goes down well, with a great taste.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 3.00
Posted 08/13/08
LissyDee
“Love the Flintstones! I will definitely continue using them post-op.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost $5.99
Posted 08/06/08
OMCV
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 06/24/08
Carol P.
“They taste great but cost a lot. Still, they have a complete list of vitamins. ”

Taste Excellent     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost Way too much.
Posted 06/21/08
azcatdream
“awful taste, smell and aftertaste”

Taste Very Poor     Price N/A
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value N/A
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost dont recall
Posted 05/20/08
marthabeth25
Taste Average     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 05/11/08
mishi
Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost
Posted 05/10/08
Kristi H.
“It like getting a little bite of candy 4x's a day. A dentist told me years ago, it was also good for the teeth.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $6-$8
Posted 05/05/08
Jean N.
“I used these for quite a while after surgery. Then moved up to adult chewable vitamins. But really did like the taste. ”

Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 05/04/08
Supermom2008
“very easy to chew and the flavors are good.”

Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost 5.00
Posted 05/02/08
crazybabybella
“I love these and use them always. I cannot take swallowing the big pills.”

Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $10
Posted 04/05/08
deb292
“These things are too SUGARY ”

Taste Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost 8.99
Posted 03/30/08
Samantha Smith
“These are the only chewables I can tolerate (tastewise). I take two a day and they are perfect in regards to taste, size and tummy tolerance.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 5.99
Posted 03/17/08
Theresa Blodgett
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost $ 5 - 6.00
Posted 03/16/08
Thylia
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost under $5.00
Posted 02/14/08
Jennifer H.
“There good for you and YUM!”

Taste Excellent     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $10.00
Posted 01/27/08
jaimep
“THESE TASTE GOOD AND ARE EASY TO GET DOWN AFTER SURGERY”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 5.00-6.00
Posted 01/23/08
melliemel
“I eat 2 a day. YUM! ”

Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost $12
Posted 01/16/08
BigNoMore72
“store brand is cheaper I LOVE the Price Chopper Brand they are sour and sweet they even have more vitamins in the generic brand”

Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost 6.49 for 60 tablets
Posted 01/02/08
Peggy G.
“Got me through many months!”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 01/02/08
MsLinda87
“I purchased the 150 count instead of the 60 count so i could split it up and leave one at home and one in my bag. Taste really good.”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 15.99
Posted 12/31/07
SandySue777
“These are great. You can chew these up and not waste valuable pouch space on a monster vitamin.”

Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 4-5.49
Posted 11/19/07
tammyparker07
Taste Average     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost 13.96
Posted 11/15/07
FPJJR1
“The gummy ones taste better”

Taste Average     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 11/06/07
Janet R.
“I use these because I can let them disolve in my mouth or chew them and I do not have to swallow them whole. ”

Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 07/18/07
Abbeyck
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 200 Count $10.00
Posted 07/04/07
Sabrina B.
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost $5
Posted 06/23/07
melsreturn
“I hated these vitamins! They stink, taste terrible. Good nutritional value; just bad taste.”

Taste Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost Not sure 12.99 bottle
Posted 06/19/07
tantalizzzingt
Taste Very Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost
Posted 06/14/07
cotonmom2
“I like the Gummies”

Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost
Posted 06/14/07
highmaintenance
“Very good for post-op patients. My doctor recommends I take 4/day so I'm glad they don't taste bad.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost 6.99
Posted 05/26/07
newbutterfly
Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 04/13/07
Julia W.
“Recommended by my surgeon. My lab values have always been good.”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 04/13/07
Lisa B.
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 04/07/07
Donnalou
“I use the Walmart brand of children's vitamins. They taste better and are a lot cheaper.”

Taste Very Poor     Price Poor
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Poor
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost
Posted 03/30/07
r_fleming34
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost $7.00
Posted 03/14/07
sunbunny60
“I have to suck these because they are too hard for me to chew. Once I got used to the flavors - they're not too bad.”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost $14.99
Posted 03/09/07
Jeni_Sue
“I found to be much better tasting than the Centrum version.”

Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost $6-$8
Posted 02/19/07
DeeDee63
“Slightly sour, medicinal tasting. I thought these were made for kids, so I expected them to taste sweet. I was wrong! But, I do appreciate that they are chewable!”

Taste Average     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost @$6.00 FOR 60 TABLETS
Posted 02/07/07
BobbieWilson
“These have been a lifesaver. Normally vitamins make me nausous but not these. I'd recommend them to anyone looking for a good vitamin. I started them before my surgery in fact.”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $8.99 for 150
Posted 02/07/07
thegib
Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 02/02/07
poohfrawg
Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 01/26/07
SHELI T.
“I like these alot better than Centrum Chewables.”

Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost about $10
Posted 01/11/07
jos52bbe
Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 12/29/06
dana M.
Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost
Posted 12/27/06
Shan143
“Very good taste if you can't take the ones the doctor suggests. ”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost 5.95
Posted 12/19/06
angiebirdtx4
“Tasted like eating unsweetened kool-aid”

Taste Very Poor     Price N/A
Nutritional Value N/A     Overall Value N/A
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost
Posted 12/10/06
LisaAC
Taste Average     Price Good
Nutritional Value N/A     Overall Value N/A
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost
Posted 11/09/06
judyb0911
“Breakfast of champions! =]”

Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 11/07/06
Paula E.
Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 10/26/06
dlynch
“I starting taking these after the surgery and the taste was goof I had read that adulats should take aldult chewable, I tried but the taste just isn't there”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost 8.00
Posted 10/26/06
happymom2
Taste Excellent     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $5.49
Posted 10/22/06
Jenny_F
Taste Very Poor     Price Very Poor
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost
Posted 10/22/06
jlimages
“The taste, rather eat chalk”

Taste Very Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Poor
Suitability for Postops Poor     Cost 5.49
Posted 10/20/06
Dana C.
“I started taking these post-op because the large horse pills hurt my pouch. I really like the taste. ”

Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Average     Cost
Posted 10/18/06
Robbin Y.
Taste Average     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 10/15/06
Shar Pei Kay
“My surgoen has me on four Flintstone Chewables a day.”

Taste Average     Price N/A
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 10/14/06
Lori S.
“I took this from the day after surgery until after the 4th week of pre-op. Easy to chew and swallow and I liked the fruit taste”

Taste Good     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 10/14/06
madame yess
“Flintstones chewable is a good vitamin but the price is a little too high. I guess that I just can't get past Fred, Barney, Betty, and Wilma, cartoon characters worth that much money. Lol”

Taste Excellent     Price Very Poor
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $12.00
Posted 10/13/06
Angela M.
“My favorite since I was a little kid and still the only vitamin I'll take!”

Taste Good     Price Average
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 09/25/06
Laure
“Just as good as I remembered them being. My son loves them and so do I!”

Taste Good     Price Excellent
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Excellent
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost
Posted 09/16/06
glolady
“This is the only thing that has made me nauseous. I changed to a different vitamin.”

Taste Poor     Price N/A
Nutritional Value N/A     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops N/A     Cost
Posted 08/22/06
LeeS
“Taste good. I bought the gummy ones and they are soft and do not upset my stomach.”

Taste Excellent     Price Good
Nutritional Value Good     Overall Value Good
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost $5.00
Posted 08/06/06
Sunflower2006
“Once I chewed it as fast as I could and swallowed it was okay. Drink lots of water. I used this for three days untill I found the liquid vitimin at GNC”

Taste Poor     Price Average
Nutritional Value Average     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Good     Cost 2.78
Posted 03/07/06
vitaloo
“I HATE THESE DARN THINGS - I finally started taking the FLINSTONE GUMMIES and they are DELICIOUS and you have no idea you are taking vitamins!”

Taste Very Poor     Price Good
Nutritional Value Excellent     Overall Value Average
Suitability for Postops Excellent     Cost $5.96
Posted 03/06/06
Natalie K.
“I share these with my 3-year-old. We love them.”

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