Consumer Health Advocacy: Product Analysis
Centrum is produced by Wyeth which is now owned by Pfizer. These corporations profit handsomely from human disease and have no reason to want to create a vitamin which interferes with their disease-dependent monopoly. A quick perusal of the ingredients in this product reveal it contains synthetic vitamins and inorganic minerals which may be doing harm to the human body.
| Ingredients | Toxicity Level | Cumulative Knowledge | Abstract Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium Carbonate | possibly | 198 | 21 |
| Potassium Chloride | probably | 70 | 7 |
| Dibasic Calcium Phosphate | not determined | ||
| Magnesium Oxide | none | 2799 | 368 |
| Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C) | none | 6050 | 1402 |
| Microcrystalline Cellulose | possibly | 12 | 2 |
| dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vit. E) | probably | 91 | 15 |
| Pregelatinized Corn Starch | not determined | ||
| Modified Food Starch. Contains < 2% of: Acacia | not determined | ||
| Ascorbyl Palmitate | none | 10 | 1 |
| Beta-Carotene | none | 541 | 99 |
| BHT | definitely | 74 | 44 |
| Biotin | none | 114 | 17 |
| Boric Acid | definitely | 44 | 23 |
| Calcium Pantothenate | none | 124 | 23 |
| Calcium Stearate | possibly | 1 | 1 |
| Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3) | none | 11557 | 1680 |
| Chromium Picolinate | not determined | ||
| Citric Acid | possibly | 1 | 1 |
| Corn Starch | not determined | ||
| Crospovidone | possibly | 2 | 1 |
| Cupric Sulfate | definitely | 54 | 19 |
| Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12) | none | 1506 | 219 |
| FD&C Blue No. 2 Aluminum Lake | probably | 5 | 4 |
| FD&C Red No. 40 Aluminum Lake | probably | 4 | 2 |
| FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake | definitely | 2 | 2 |
| Folic Acid | none | 1317 | 206 |
| Gelatin | not determined | ||
| Hydrogenated Palm Oil | possibly | 2 | 1 |
| Hypromellose | not determined | ||
| Lutein | not determined | ||
| Lycopene | not determined | ||
| Manganese Sulfate | definitely | 2 | 1 |
| Medium-Chain Triglycerides | none | 66 | 18 |
| Niacinamide | none | 389 | 70 |
| Nickelous Sulfate | possibly | 19 | 7 |
| Phytonadione (Vit. K) | not determined | ||
| Polyethylene Glycol | possibly | 12 | 2 |
| Polyvinyl Alcohol | not determined | ||
| Potassium Iodide | none | 182 | 32 |
| Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6) | none | 1020 | 140 |
| Riboflavin (Vit. B2) | none | 409 | 71 |
| Silicon Dioxide | possibly | 6 | 5 |
| Sodium Ascorbate | none | 6050 | 1402 |
| Sodium Benzoate | probably | 61 | 19 |
| Sodium Borate | definitely | 44 | 23 |
| Sodium Citrate | possibly | 1 | 1 |
| Sodium Metavanadate | possibly | 15 | 10 |
| Sodium Molybdate | definitely | 4 | 2 |
| Sodium Selenate | none | 11 | 8 |
| Sorbic Acid | possibly | 1 | 1 |
| Sucrose | possibly | 121 | 25 |
| Talc | possibly | 23 | 4 |
| Thiamine Mononitrate (Vit. B1) | none | 479 | 81 |
| Titanium Dioxide | probably | 86 | 41 |
| Tocopherols | not determined | ||
| Tribasic Calcium Phosphate | not determined | ||
| Vitamin A Acetate (Vit. A) | definitely | 6 | 3 |
| Zinc Oxide. May also contain < 2% of: Maltodextrin | not determined | ||
| Sodium Aluminosilicate | not determined | ||
| Sunflower Oil. | not determined |
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