How Should You Choose The Right Vitamin For Your Kid? Here’s What You Need To Know

Since you’re probably reading this while also doing about ten other things — waiting to pick up your kid from basketball practice, mentally meal-planning for the rest of the week, calling back the pediatrician (or was it the dentist?) — we’ll make it simple. The vitamins you choose for your family should be functional, well-researched, nutritious, and delicious. Essentially, they should be bite-size, chewable pieces of mind.

Maybe you’re already familiar with OLLY’s wide range of adult supplements. They apply the same rigor to the formulas in their kid’s line, making it easy to pick the best option for your child. Here are four factors to consider.

1. Need

Every vitamin OLLY offers meets a specific need. All you have to do is identify which one best matches your family. For example, if you’ve ever found yourself on the threshold of relaxation mode after putting the kids to bed only to have them creep downstairs inexplicably wired, consider adding Kids Sleep to your bedtime routine. Its gentle blend of botanicals promotes a smoother bedtime routine and more peaceful slumber for those occasional restless nights. Because when your children sleep well, you sleep well.

Somewhere in between work, school, grocery shopping, dance class, soccer games, and tidying up again, there are three meals a day. Sometimes, those meals contain all the colors of the rainbow and all the essential food groups; sometimes, they’re reheated frozen pizza. Both are equally legitimate. That’s why OLLY created Kids Multi + Probiotic. It’s the perfect blend of vitamins A, B, C, D, E, Bs, and zinc to help fill in any nutritional gaps and support overall wellness. Plus, a dose of good bacteria helps keep young digestive systems balanced.

2. Science

From concept to creation, all of OLLY’s supplements are overseen by an experienced team of health and nutrition experts. They dive deeply into the latest clinical research on ingredients, and they work carefully to identify the ideal forms and dosages of each formulation. Kids Sleep, for instance, contains a small amount of melatonin to promote a healthy sleep cycle plus naturally soothing chamomile, passion flower, and lemon balm. And Kids Multi + Probiotic is packed with the full alphabet of essential vitamins and minerals, including folate, choline, iodine, and zinc. Add Bacillus coagulans, an active probiotic for GI health, and you’ve got a complete multivitamin.

3. Transparency

It’s important to know exactly what’s in the vitamins we give our kids — and what is not. OLLY makes it clear, transparently listing out each ingredient in their supplements (and its percentage daily value for children), where it’s derived from (like coloring from carrot and black currant juices), and what it’s for (like carnauba wax to prevent sticking between gummies). They never use flavors, colors, or sweeteners from artificial sources, and all of their products are gluten-free. Moreover, to ensure quality and safety, OLLY is compliant with all applicable regulations for foods and supplements, and they only partner with suppliers and manufacturers who can meet their uncompromising requirements for transparency, traceability, and documentation.

4. Taste

Perhaps the most important detail, at least as far as your kid is concerned, is that OLLY’s supplements are delicious. The food-focused team works together with culinary and food science experts to craft big flavors and fun textures that delight. Whether it’s the bright Razzzberry Kids Sleep supplement or the fruity Yum Berry Punch Kids Multi + Probiotic gummies, you can be sure your children will love the taste of their OLLY vitamins just as much as you’ll love the nutrition and wellness support they provide.