Grüns is a fast-growing gummy nutrition brand. The company claims their gummies are "carefully formulated with 60 potent ingredients to revive whole body vitality."

But is Grüns actually healthier than a standard multivitamin? Is Grüns healthier than AG1? What was our Product Tester's experience trying Grüns for a month? And is Grüns worse or better than popular multivitamin brands like MaryRuth's?

In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Grüns gummies to give our take on whether or not they're likely to be effective for supporting optimal health.

We'll also compare Grüns to AG1 and other popular multivitamin supplements from a formulation perspective to pick our winners (and losers), and feature our Product Tester's honest experience trying Grüns for a month.

Key takeaways:

• Contains relatively high green powder dose
• Contains three inactive ingredients we consider unhealthy
• We do not currently recommend Grüns

Ingredient Analysis

The vitamin and mineral ingredients in Grüns are shown below:

This is quite a comprehensive list for a gummy vitamin, and we appreciate that the brand doesn't provide nutrients at much higher doses than recommended (as is common in many multivitamins).

Grüns uses bioavailable forms of most nutrients.

L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate, for example, is clinically shown to be better-absorbed than the cheaper version of this nutrient called folic acid. 

The fruit and vegetable ingredients in Grüns gummies are shown below:

8,760 milligrams (mg) is actually a substantial dose of fruits and veggies, particularly for a multivitamin.

This is a per-serving higher fruit and veggie dose than many green powders we've reviewed to date on Illuminate Health.

As an example, we recently reviewed a green powder supplement called Primal Greens that only provided around 7,000 mg of fruits and veggies per serving.

Some of these plants are health-promoting and unlikely to exist in the standard American diet.

Chlorella, for example, is a type of algae that was described as having "immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and antihyperlipidemic activities" in a medical review published in the Nutrients journal.

The inactive ingredients in Grüns are shown below:

Cane sugar is a refined form of added sugar, and is included at a dose of 8 grams (g).

Added sugar in excess is shown in research studies to be associated with increased risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Citric acid is a food additive that's clinically shown to cause whole-body inflammation in some individuals.

Natural flavors can include preservatives, as we documented in our Kiala Greens review article.

Overall, we do not currently recommend Grüns due to the inactive ingredients highlighted above.

We Tested Grüns

One of our product testers named Jodie Steinberg tried Grüns Gummies for a month. 

Here's her experience:

The packaging is very easy to use. It is a simple pull off top that contains individually closed gummy packs inside.

I did not notice any particular scent. The taste was great. It was sweet but not too sweet

I tried the low-sugar gummies, and I think if you are someone who does not like vegetables, this would be a great way to incorporate vegetables into your diet. 

Also, I cannot say after one month that I feel drastically different in my cognition. I did notice my digestion is a little better though. I am not sure if in one month I would experience improved cognition, improved mood, energy or immune support.

I am impressed with the ingredients and overall this seems like a good product.  

I would say this is on par with other vegetable gummies I have tried. I tried the Juice Plus ones which I previously reviewed and gave an 8/10. These gummies have even more beneficial ingredients though, in my opinion.

I did not experience any side effects from taking Grüns Gummies.

Overall, I would rate Grüns 9/10, and I would purchase it again.

Grüns vs. AG1

AG1 is the extremely popular green powder supplement sold by Athletic Greens.

Many consumers are interested in whether Grüns or AG1 is a better option for supporting health.

While we don't currently recommend either brand, we consider AG1 to be a healthier option because it's significantly more nutritionally-dense, and contains fewer inactive ingredients we consider unhealthy.

AG1 contains probiotics and is free from added sugar.

Grüns vs. Popular Multivitamins

Here's how Grüns compares to other popular multivitamin supplements in terms of potential effectiveness and healthiness, in our opinion:

MaryRuth's

Contains inactive ingredients we consider unhealthy like Grüns.

Lacks the high veggie dose which makes it inferior from a nutritional perspective.

Winner: Grüns

Ritual

One of the very few multivitamin brands shown to be safe and effective in a clinical trial published in a peer-reviewed journal, as we documented in our Ritual Vitamins reviews article.

Also, free from any inactive ingredients we consider unhealthy.

Winner: Ritual

Olly

No veggie blend for added nutrition, and uses worse-absorbed, synthetic versions of vitamins in most cases.

Winner: Grüns

Our Clean Green Powder Picks

Starwest Botanicals Organic Green Powder is our top overall green powder pick.

All of its ingredients are organic and nutrient-dense, and it contains ingredients like wheat grass and moringa leaf that the average consumer probably doesn't get in their diet.

Pique Japanese Sencha Green Tea is our top superfood green powder pick. 

Green tea was documented in a medical review to support "anti-hypertensive effect, body weight control, antibacterial and antivirasic activity, solar ultraviolet protection, bone mineral density increase."

Both of the products recommended in this section are free of ingredients we consider to be unhealthy.

Grüns Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Effective vitamin formats
• Safe vitamin and mineral doses
• Relatively high fruit and veggie dose
• Mostly organic ingredients
  
• Our Product Tester enjoyed the taste and effects
• Healthier than most gummy supplements we've reviewed

Cons:

• Contains citric acid
• Contains natural flavors
• Expensive
• Doesn't appear to be clinically tested

Conclusion

Grüns is one of the better-formulated gummy supplements that we've reviewed to date.

We're unsure whether to classify this as a multivitamin or a green powder, but it contains effective active ingredient doses and a total fruit and veggie blend dose that's higher than some green powders.

Our only (minor) complaint about this supplement from a formulation perspective is the inclusion of citric acid and natural flavors, but nearly every gummy on the market has these two ingredients for added flavor.

Our Product Tester tried Grüns gummies for a month and claims they moderately improved her digestion. She considered the supplement to be of higher quality to similar supplements she's tried.

We consider Grüns to be better-formulated than Olly Vitamins and MaryRuth's Liquid Vitamin, but a worse option than Ritual.

We consider AG1 by Athletic Greens to be (slightly) better-formulated than Grüns.