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Best apple cider vinegar supplements

Apple cider vinegar capsules and gummies compared on acetic acid content, sugar and format.

The number that matters in an apple cider vinegar product is acetic acid, not apple cider vinegar. Most products advertise the latter and never publish the former, and the trials that reported anything used roughly one to two tablespoons of liquid vinegar — around 750 to 1500 mg of acetic acid. Capsules do have one genuine advantage over the liquid: they do not damage tooth enamel.

Ordered by disclosure

#1Third-party tested

CoreAge Rx Full House

1,525mg of fibre in two capsules at 63¢ a day — a published total, and well below research doses

Form: Capsule — two daily
From: $19

#2Third-party tested

Nature's Bounty Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies

500mg per gummy — and the arithmetic against the actual ACV research is not close

Form: Gummy — one gummy up to twice daily
From: Not published

#3Third-party tested

Nutrivein Apple Cider Vinegar with Mother 1600mg

120 capsules for $19.99 with zero sugar — the sensible way to take ACV if you are going to take it

Form: Capsule
From: $10

#4Third-party tested

aSquared Nutrition Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies

1500 mg per serving with 90 gummies a bottle and third-party testing — but read the iodine line

Form: Gummy
From: $29.99

Nutrition Geeks Apple Cider Vinegar+

Publishes acetic acid content in milligrams — the number that actually matters in an ACV product

Form: Capsule
From: $14

Novomins GLP-1 Support Bundle

Three gummies — vinegar, magnesium and fibre — with claims phrased as nutrient functions rather than outcomes

Form: Gummy
From: $60

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