Take 2 capsules daily with water or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner. Store tightly sealed in a cool, dry place without direct sunlight. Although this supplement is relevant and helpful during the perinatal period, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant, out of an abundance of caution, we recommend consulting your health care practitioner before using vitamin C potency+ or any dietary supplement product. Keep out of reach of children.

Because of our formula's superior design and absorption, you can take our vitamin C potency+ at any point in the day with or without food. Our vitamin C-lipid-citrus bioflavonoid trio delivers unique, built-in absorption technology. Whether you take vitamin C potency+ in the morning, afternoon, or evening is totally up to you, but many customers prefer to leverage the power of this ultra-potent (yet gentle) vitamin C product in the morning or midday, to support the bulk of the waking hours of their day with vitamin C's whole-body antioxidant pathways, plus its multidimensional support of immunity, skin and heart health, and more. Others take this supplement in the evening with dinner. Some customers may choose to take vitamin C potency+ along with or near the time of their iron-containing supplement (e.g., mbg's ultimate multivitamin+), since vitamin C is known to directly enhance iron absorption in the body.*^†

vitamin C potency+ is different from most vitamin C supplements in four major ways:

1. Premium ingredients: We chose to use a premium, clinically researched source of vitamin C. We complement it with high-quality lipids and a broad-spectrum of citrus bioflavonoids. Acting as vitamin C's accessory nutrients, this complementary spectrum of lipids from rice bran and citrus bioflavonoids from 100% whole citrus sources (lemon, key lime, grapefruit, sweet orange, bitter orange, and mandarin orange) optimally ushers vitamin C into our cells while simultaneously buffering vitamin C, helping to shield it from oxidation.

2. Potency: vitamin C potency+ is formulated with a clinically meaningful dose, 1,000 mg of vitamin C. This supplement was specifically designed to deliver a powerful (yet gentle) dose for individuals who prioritize vitamin C intake (whether daily, which is what we recommend, or seasonally). Many vitamin C products on the market contain sub-efficacious doses. Not us. With 1 whole gram of bioavailable vitamin C in each serving of vitamin C potency+, you receive the vitamin C content of 15 oranges!^‡

3. Form: This smart vitamin C supplement is delivered in an optimized form for our body's absorption and use. Our scientifically researched and advanced trio delivers superior vitamin C bioavailability (uptake and retention in cells), bioutilization (ability to raise vitamin C levels in our body), and bioefficacy (antioxidant actions plus the clinically demonstrated ability to promote a healthy inflammatory response and impact key biomarkers like CRP) compared to other forms of vitamin C.

4. Built-in absorption technology: We engineered an innovative ingredient combination, with vitamin C plus lipids and citrus bioflavonoids, embracing the latest science for vitamin C. This all-in-one technology is rare to find.*^†

Did you know that over 40% of U.S. adults have vitamin C insufficiency per blood test results? Colleen Wachob, mbg’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO, was shocked to find out she was one of those people! Furthermore, almost half (46%) of American adults have a vitamin C nutrient deficit from their diet (to put that in perspective, that's about 118 million adults)! In addition to helping you achieve nutritional sufficiency daily, higher doses of vitamin C have been shown in research to support a wide array of biological functions, from immune response to cardiovascular health. Therefore, mbg's vitamin C potency+ provides the premium solution, delivering a potent 1,000 mg dose of our body's primary water-soluble antioxidant in a gentle and optimized vitamin C-lipid-citrus bioflavonoid complex that is backed by clinical and preclinical research to perform optimally—maximizing bioavailability, bioutilization, and bioefficacy in the body.*^†

Absolutely. The entire mindbodygreen supplements+ portfolio is designed so adults can safely and effectively take one or more supplements each day. While a more modest daily dose (but still at or above 100% the Daily Value!) of vitamin C is intentionally formulated in our ultimate multivitamin+ (90 mg vitamin C per serving) and immune support+ (100 mg vitamin C per serving), this ultra-potent vitamin C potency+ can be combined with those or any mbg supplement, because it's complementary and incremental in delivering vitamin C benefits for overall health.*

Our high-quality formulas are delivered in premium, sustainable, and recyclable packaging (recyclable amber glass bottles and jars, recyclable bags, and recyclable cardboard shipping boxes made from 100% recycled paper). Always looking towards the latest innovations, we carefully and intentionally source our eco-friendly packaging to prioritize the environment, but also to protect the premium ingredients in our capsules, gelcaps, and powders (i.e., vitamins, minerals, botanicals, peptides, probiotics, bioactives) from UV light degradation. This is pivotal to ensure quality standards throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Unfortunately many refillable bags or containers do not provide the same protection and stability for our ingredients as our amber glass (bottles, jars) and PET bags achieve. What's more, the product-specific manufacturing information (i.e., specific identifiers such as the lot and date) stamped on each product would be lost when the customer discards the refill packaging, as is customary. That lost information would not enable us to comply with a variety of very important FDA regulations specific to dietary supplements (e.g., cGMPs, adverse event reporting, etc.), and regulatory compliance is something that mindbodygreen respects and prioritizes. From an additional safety standpoint, there are also microbial contamination concerns with refillable vessels over time. Thank you for your consideration as to why we have thoughtfully curated our packaging in the way we do.

Yes. This vegan product is also GMO-free, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, and major food allergen free.