Balance of Nature Alternatives, Compared.

The short answer: The best Balance of Nature alternative depends on what you want to change. Balance of Nature's Fruits & Veggies set is six capsules a day holding 4,021 mg of produce powder. Juice Plus is also six capsules, and its labels list four vitamins. Our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules are two capsules holding a 600 mg blend. Frozen produce is the only option that counts as real servings.

Key takeaways

• Balance of Nature's Fruits & Veggies set is six capsules a day from two bottles, and its two Supplement Facts panels add up to 4,021 mg of produce powder.
• Juice Plus Fruit, Vegetable & Berry Blend Capsules are also six a day, and their Nutrition Facts panels list vitamins A, C and E plus folate.
• Our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules hold 600 mg per 2-capsule serving, so at September 23, 2026 list prices they cost less per day but several times more per gram than either six-capsule set.
• MedlinePlus calls frozen fruits and vegetables with little to no added sugar good options, so the freezer aisle is a serious alternative.

We sell one of the options compared here, the smallest one. Competitor facts come from each brand's own product page on September 23, 2026, and our numbers come from our Supplement Facts panel.

Which Balance of Nature alternative is best for you?

The best fruit and vegetable capsule is the one whose label matches your goal, and for some people the best Balance of Nature alternative isn't a capsule at all.

No product wins every row. Ours wins on simplicity and loses on quantity and capsule type.

Balance of Nature vs Juice Plus: what do the labels show?

Balance of Nature and Juice Plus both ask for six capsules a day, but Balance of Nature's panels list blend weights while Juice Plus's panels list vitamin amounts.

Balance of Nature Fruits & Veggies

The set is two bottles, Fruits and Veggies, and each one's directions say 3 capsules daily from a 90-capsule bottle.

Each Supplement Facts panel splits its powder into three named blends. The Fruits panel lists 731 mg, 719 mg and 561 mg, or 2,011 mg per 3-capsule serving. The Veggies panel lists 856 mg, 653 mg and 501 mg, or 2,010 mg. Together that's 4,021 mg a day, about 4 g.

Other lines worth knowing:

• The page names 16 fruit and 15 vegetable ingredients, including aloe vera leaf in Fruits and soybean in Veggies, whose panel says "Contains: Soy."
• Both shells are cellulose, and the page lists Gluten Free and Vegan Friendly.

Balance of Nature's regulatory history is public. In a November 16, 2023 announcement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said a federal court had ordered the distributor and manufacturer of Balance of Nature products to stop making and selling them until they met federal labeling and manufacturing requirements and received FDA's approval to resume operations. Its website was selling the Fruits & Veggies set when we checked on September 23, 2026, and it links to the company's own page about the consent decree.

Juice Plus Fruit, Vegetable & Berry Blend Capsules

Juice Plus sells three bottles, Fruit, Vegetable and Berry, and its page says to take two capsules of each blend every day with a meal and a glass of water. It describes the set as 30 fruits, vegetables and berries.

Its labels are Nutrition Facts panels rather than Supplement Facts panels. The Fruit and Vegetable panels each list vitamins A, C and E plus folate per 2-capsule serving, and the Berry panel lists vitamins C and E. The ingredient lists include beta carotene, mixed tocopherols and acerola cherry extract beside the juice and pulp powders, so part of those vitamin numbers comes from added ingredients.

Each serving weighs 1.6 g to 1.7 g, about 5 g a day across all six with the shells included. The shells are hypromellose, a plant-based capsule material.

The three capsule options, side by side

The two leaders match on capsule count, but Juice Plus prints vitamin numbers, Balance of Nature the biggest blend total, and ours the smallest.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Balance of Nature?

A cheaper alternative to Balance of Nature is easy to find per bottle, but cheaper per gram of powder is harder, because smaller blends usually hold much less.

Prices change, so run this math with today's numbers:

1. Cost per day. Divide the price by 30. Balance of Nature, Juice Plus and ours each last 30 days per set at label use.
2. Cost per year. Balance of Nature's subscription ships every 28 days, which comes to 13 shipments a year, not 12.
3. Cost per gram. Divide the price by the grams in a month: about 120.6 g of blends for Balance of Nature (4,021 mg x 30), 18 g for ours (600 mg x 30) and about 150 g of total capsule weight for Juice Plus.

We ran those steps with each site's list prices on September 23, 2026. Our bottle came out cheaper per day than either six-capsule set, and several times more expensive per gram, using the weights in step 3. That's the honest trade: you pay less because you get less.

The same math works on the lookalike capsules at Costco, Walmart or Amazon. If a panel gives no milligram figure, you can't price it per gram at all.

Where do our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules fit?

Our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules are the lighter two-capsule option, listing a 600 mg Fruit & Veggie Blend made from 10 fruit and vegetable ingredients per 2-capsule serving.

The ten are apple fiber, carrot, beet root, blueberry, garlic, ginger, raspberry, red bell pepper, strawberry juice powder and tomato extract. The panel doesn't show how the 600 mg splits among them, and it has no vitamin, mineral or fiber rows.

Two details cut against us. The shell is gelatin, which rules this bottle out if you avoid animal products. And a day of ours is less than a sixth of Balance of Nature's stated daily powder.

In exchange, you get two capsules instead of six, one bottle a month, and a label that reads NON-GMO and ALLERGEN FREE. It suits you if six capsules a day is why you stopped, or if your meals already have produce and you want a small extra. Browse it with our greens and reds in the Greens & Superfoods shop, and see what fruit and vegetable supplements can and can't replace before you buy any of them.

From our shop: Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules — two gelatin capsules a day carry a 600 mg Fruit & Veggie Blend, from apple fiber to tomato extract, for adults who want a small daily extra.

Balance of Nature vs a multivitamin: which covers more?

A multivitamin covers more vitamins and minerals by the number, while Balance of Nature's panels list calories, carbohydrates and blend weights with no vitamin or mineral amounts.

The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) says a Supplement Facts label lists each active ingredient and the amount per serving. On a produce capsule, that amount is the blend's weight.

Our Daily Multivitamin Capsules list 600 mcg RAE of vitamin A as beta-carotene (67% DV), 13.5 mg of vitamin E (90% DV) and 680 mcg DFE of folate (170% DV) per 2-capsule serving, among many other rows. Juice Plus lands in between, with four vitamin rows.

If vitamins are the real goal, start with who actually benefits from a daily multivitamin.

Is frozen produce a better Balance of Nature alternative?

For most people, frozen produce is the strongest Balance of Nature alternative, because it's real food that counts toward your daily fruit and vegetable servings.

MedlinePlus, summarizing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030, says frozen, dried and canned fruits and vegetables with little to no added sugar are good options. It lists 1 cup (100 grams) of raw or cooked vegetables as one serving.

Balance of Nature's whole daily six is about 4 g of dry powder, while one serving of cooked vegetables is 100 grams of food. Dry powder and cooked food don't weigh the same way, but the gap is wide. Fiber is thin on the capsule labels too: Balance of Nature's panels list 3 g of total carbohydrate a day with no fiber line, and each Juice Plus panel lists less than 1 g of fiber.

Tired of swallowing six capsules? Set Balance of Nature's daily 4,021 mg against one 4 g scoop of our Beet Root & Berry Reds Powder. Its four blends (2,000 mg Polyphenol, 700 mg Digestive, 100 mg 9 Strain Probiotic and 400 mg Metabolic) come to 3,200 mg in a single glass, and the same panel shows 2 g of dietary fiber (6% DV).

That scoop isn't a produce set in powder form, though. Maltodextrin and natural flavors appear under other ingredients, and the Metabolic Blend adds extras such as green tea, turmeric and shilajit. Our honest AG1 alternatives breakdown sizes up scoops the way this post sizes up capsules.

From our shop: Barley Grass & Spirulina Greens Powder — one 4.2 g scoop lists a 2,000 mg Greens Blend and a 1,500 mg Reds Blend, labeled vegan and non-GMO, stirred into 6 to 8 ounces of cold water.

How do you take a fruit and vegetable capsule by the label?

Take a fruit and vegetable capsule exactly as its own label directs: for ours, adults take two capsules daily with 6 to 8 oz (177 to 237 ml) of water.

Our label adds "or as directed by healthcare professional" and says "Do not exceed recommended dose." There's no set time of day, so if your old capsules already had a slot in your routine, ours can take it over.

If you're switching, finish one product before starting the next. Running Balance of Nature and ours together means eight capsules a day, with garlic, carrot, tomato and berries in both. And don't take extra of ours to catch up to a six-capsule set.

When don't you need a produce capsule at all?

You don't need a produce capsule from any brand if you already eat fruit and vegetables most days, or if the monthly cost would come out of your grocery budget.

Swapping one capsule habit for a cheaper one only makes sense if you wanted the habit. If a renewal charge felt like paying for something you'd stopped noticing, cancelling might be the whole answer.

Who should check with a healthcare provider first?

Check with a healthcare provider before switching produce capsules if you take prescription medicine, have surgery coming up, are pregnant or nursing, are under 18 or manage a medical condition.

Garlic is the ingredient that follows you from brand to brand. Balance of Nature's Veggies, Juice Plus's Vegetable blend and our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules all list it, and so does the Immune Support blend in our Daily Multivitamin Capsules. Moving between any of them keeps garlic in your routine.

The garlic safety page from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) says garlic supplements may increase the risk of bleeding. It asks people on anticoagulants, aspirin or other medicines to talk with their provider first, especially before surgery.

Other flags depend on the label: Balance of Nature's Veggies panel says "Contains: Soy," and its Fruits bottle includes aloe vera leaf. Juice Plus's Berry blend and our multi both list green tea extract. Our capsule's caution names pregnancy, nursing, being under 18 and a medical condition.

FAQ: Balance of Nature alternatives

Is Balance of Nature worth the money?

Balance of Nature can be worth it if you'll take six capsules every day and value a large stated powder weight: its panels list 4,021 mg of blends a day. It lists no vitamin amounts, though, so a multivitamin suits vitamin goals better. If you want fewer capsules, a two-capsule blend costs less per day but holds less powder.

Is Balance of Nature still in business?

Yes. Balance of Nature's website was selling the Fruits & Veggies set when we checked on September 23, 2026, and its footer links to the brand's own consent decree page, where you can read the company's account.

Is Balance of Nature organic?

No, the Balance of Nature product page we read on September 23, 2026, makes no organic claim; it lists Gluten Free, No Fillers and Vegan Friendly instead. Our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules don't claim organic either. If it matters to you, look for the word on the label itself.

How long does one set or bottle last?

One Balance of Nature set lasts 30 days at 3 capsules daily from each bottle, though its subscription ships every 28 days. A Juice Plus set of three bottles covers 30 servings. Our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules come 60 to a bottle, which is 30 days at two a day.

Is it okay to take produce capsules with blood thinners?

Not without your provider's okay: Balance of Nature, Juice Plus and our Fruit & Vegetable Blend Capsules all list garlic, and NCCIH says garlic supplements may increase the risk of bleeding. No label gives garlic its own milligram amount, so show your provider the full ingredient list of whichever one you choose.

Sources

• Federal Judge Enters Consent Decrees Against Utah-Based Dietary Supplement Distributor and Manufacturer of Balance of Nature Products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, November 16, 2023
• Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025 - 2030, MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, National Library of Medicine
• Garlic: Usefulness and Safety, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
• Balance of Nature, Fruits & Veggies product page and Supplement Facts images, balanceofnature.com, viewed September 23, 2026
• Juice Plus, Fruit, Vegetable & Berry Blend Capsules product page and label images, us.juiceplus.com, viewed September 23, 2026

If this left you looking for somewhere to start, read two-a-day fruit and vegetable capsules — its amounts per serving are listed on the page. For the practical questions this raises, how dosing, sourcing and subscriptions work is answered in one place.