5,000mcg Biotin Strips

What you get in every strip

• 5000mcg of biotin (16,667% DV)
• 20mcg of vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol (100% DV)
• 400mcg DFE of folate (100% DV), of which 240mcg is folic acid
• One oral strip weighs 100mg — 30 strips, 30 servings per pack
• Orange flavour, sweetened with monk fruit extract and steviol glycosides
• Gluten free, lactose free

The three vitamins, and what they are

Three rows, three numbers, nothing pooled into a blend.

Biotin is the headline at 5000mcg — that's 5mg, written the way vitamin panels write it. Biotin is a water-soluble B vitamin, also known as vitamin B7, and because it dissolves in water rather than storing in fat, panels routinely carry it at multiples of the Daily Value; here it works out to 16,667%. It's the ingredient most people are actually shopping for when they search "hair, skin and nails", and this strip leads with it rather than burying it under a long list.

Vitamin D3 comes in at 20mcg, exactly 100% of the Daily Value. D3 is cholecalciferol, the form of vitamin D you'll see on most labels, and unlike biotin it's fat-soluble.

Folate comes in at 400mcg DFE, also exactly 100% of the Daily Value. DFE stands for Dietary Folate Equivalents, the unit folate is measured in so that different sources can be compared on one scale; the panel notes that the 400mcg DFE here comes from 240mcg of folic acid.

Why a strip instead of a gummy or a capsule

Gummies are pleasant but bulky, and capsules want water. This strip is a 100mg square of pullulan — a polysaccharide film, the same family of material vegetarian capsules are made from — with cellulose and mannitol for body and lecithin holding everything evenly distributed through it. It slips into a wallet, a passport holder, a make-up bag or a gym locker, and the whole serving is over in under a minute.

That matters most for a daily habit. The routines people actually keep are the ones with the fewest steps, and "open pack, strip on tongue" is about as few as a supplement gets.

How it tastes

Orange, clean and simple, with malic acid giving it a little of the tartness real citrus has so the sweetness doesn't sit flat. Monk fruit extract and steviol glycosides do the sweetening — both come from plants — and mannitol adds a cool note as the film dissolves. It's lactose free and gluten free, and there's no allergen statement on this panel.

Who it's for

Anyone already buying a hair, skin and nails product who's tired of chewing a gummy or swallowing a horse-pill capsule every morning. People who travel constantly and don't want another bottle rattling in a bag. Anyone who avoids lactose or gluten and reads panels carefully. And anyone who likes the idea of three well-known vitamins at honest, legible doses instead of a long ingredient list nobody can verify.

How to use it

Place 1 oral strip on the tongue daily and allow it to dissolve.

What's in it

Pullulan, Mannitol, Monk fruit extract, Cellulose, Orange flavor, Malic acid, Lecithin, Steviol glycosides.

30 Oral Strips · 30 servings · Serving size 1 Oral Strip (100 mg)

Caution: Do not exceed recommended dose. Consult a physician if pregnant, nursing, under 18, or have a medical condition. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.