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3.06 out of 5stars
(16 reviews)
Most helpful positive review
5.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
10/26/2020
Taste better and not bitter than the name brand
Bought these to up my vitamin c intakes. Especially during this time of covid and flu. Also bought the emergency-c one as well to compare as to which one works better or taste better. In this case the equate one is so much better! It taste so much better than the emergency one. To my surprise very shocking! And it is not as bitter as the emergency one. The emergency one makes taking it a pain as it's so bitter compare to this one. I actually enjoy taking these than the emergency one. I recommend this one!! Also for the price it's $2 less than the other one and it's taste better! I haven't took it for long to compare the effects yet. But I'll save my other review for that later since I can't go back and update my review on here.
Starlight
Most helpful negative review
1.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
12/28/2020
Very dissatisfied
They did not have the EmergenC I normally purchase so I tried this brand. HORRIBLE. Packets were sticky and gross, product did not dissolve completely and tasted TERRIBLE. Bitter and chalky. No answer at 800 number to be refunded. I will never purchase this again.
J
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3.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser10/02/2022Not worth itI compared this brand with the original Emergen-C and the ingredients are the exact same. However, the taste is awful. One of my packets were rock hard, so I opened it and it looks like someone poured water into it and then sealed it back up. Yes this brand is cheaper, but I'll go back to Emergen-C.TJ
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5.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser07/20/2022stacie
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1.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser06/16/2022Horrible! Dramatically changed product. Do not buyTerrible! Product totally changed from a year or so ago. Was a 4 product. Not now. New packaging looks great but no longer an “equivalent” to Emergen C. Used to be a very good product but now I'm not sure who's doing the manufacturing! Flavor completely different (nasty like sweet weak orange Koolaid) no effervescence, not palatable and not even real orange color as before. Writing this review because returning the product will not fix the problem. It will just get thrown into a damaged goods bin and the problem ignored instead of going to quality control and product assessment. Can't believe they're passing this off as the same product. I'm sure I'll get the same “because of COVID…..” Similar issues recently with other products as well. Stay away from this one or you'll be disappointed too!! (Link to “review terms and guidelines “ not working online mobile app and could not read. Had to agree to them in order to submit complaint. Did so for concern that there is a problem with a product consumed by the public. Current drink not even close to previous product. V)Val
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5.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser02/21/2021Compares to EmergenCCompares very well to EmergenC! I keep it on hand to use at the first sign of the sniffles. Whenever the kids feel like they're coming down with something, we use it. Since it tastes ok, they are quite willing.JR
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1.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser01/02/2021Waste of moneyI bought Equate C packets because they were better priced than Emergen-C. WHAT A BAD DECISION! *The packet cannot be torn open; must use scissors. (Bad for my travels) *The taste is awful. Weak orange flavor that is also bitter. *Doesn't dissolve completely. Even after stirring and waiting there was about 3/16 tsp (for those who can't do the math-just less than 1/4) of white powder in the bottom of the glass that never dissolved. The photo is from the bottom of the Walmart tumbler that I mixed the packet in, drank it, and refilled with a light pink drink. The white stuff at the bottom is the stuff that never dissolved. What the heck is that and why would I want undissolvable junk in my stomach? Cr@ppy quality, Walmart. Thanks.Harriet
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1.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser12/28/2020Very dissatisfiedThey did not have the EmergenC I normally purchase so I tried this brand. HORRIBLE. Packets were sticky and gross, product did not dissolve completely and tasted TERRIBLE. Bitter and chalky. No answer at 800 number to be refunded. I will never purchase this again.J
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5.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser12/07/2020Health in a packetThere are four of us in the household and every other night I take a liter of tonic water with quinine, pour some in the bottom of an 8-ounce glass, add a packet of the powder, slowly fill the glass up, pass it to my family, and we easily get our Vitamin C the easy way. It's not gritty or bad tasting and it's a healthy way to get our protection.Susie
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3.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser11/17/2020Just okLook carefully at the box. Doesn't say it has all the ingredients of Emergen C, just the same amount of Vit C. Flavor is ok. Several other products on the market that are just as good or better for the same price...or spend a couple dollars more and get the real Emergen Cdon
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5.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser10/26/2020Taste better and not bitter than the name brandBought these to up my vitamin c intakes. Especially during this time of covid and flu. Also bought the emergency-c one as well to compare as to which one works better or taste better. In this case the equate one is so much better! It taste so much better than the emergency one. To my surprise very shocking! And it is not as bitter as the emergency one. The emergency one makes taking it a pain as it's so bitter compare to this one. I actually enjoy taking these than the emergency one. I recommend this one!! Also for the price it's $2 less than the other one and it's taste better! I haven't took it for long to compare the effects yet. But I'll save my other review for that later since I can't go back and update my review on here.Starlight
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4.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser10/20/2020Effective but don't care for the taste.Normally our family buys the name brand version of this but with the current pandemic it's been very hard to find around the house so I purchased a couple boxes of these for the family. You really can't beat the cost. While I feel like ingredients and benefit wise they do the job, I just really don't care for the taste. It's much more medicinal tasting and it doesn't fully dissolve. Would I buy it again? Yes. My daughter wishes that equate made a raspberry flavor.Texanada
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4.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser10/13/2020Ok tasteI don't care for this flavor but I totally believe in this stuff. Definitely keeps me from getting sick or as sick as I would have been. My husband and kids take this as well. My son is 14 and has asthma and he gets really bad pneumonia. But since we have started this in the winter months we have stayed out of the hospital I feel like this helps build his immune system.Tanya
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5.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser09/19/2020Equate brands are as good as national brands.This is just as effective as Emergen-C. My daughter takes one every day as a mulit vitamin. I generally take a tablet form, but if I feel a cold coming on, I take one packet of this Equate brand and REALLY it stops the cold. They are less than half the price of the national brand and they work exactly the same.Patricia
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3.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser08/08/2020Not goodThis is not the brand I wanted it was out of stock so I tried this one. I did not like it the taste was bad not what I was use to. Will not buy again.sherrie
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1.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser05/16/2020Doesn't dissolve well, doesn't taste good.Normally most of times that Equate and Great Value (Walmart's own brands) have pretty good quality of products, but not for this one. Bought it in the midst of the pandemic while our usual product emergen C was out of stock everywhere. This generic version of the emergen C, first of all, the package is much harder to open; second, about 20~30% of the powders just won't dissolve; third, the taste is much worse than any emergen C flavor I've tried. Won't repurchase it again, do not recommend, needs serious improvements.Marcia
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1.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser12/24/2019Grainy and doesn't dissolveI used to like this brand but I noticed it was changed recently and doesn't dissolve well which makes me think I'm missing out on the Vitamin C I'm taking it for. I'm left with sandy grainy chalky granules in my cup after mixing it. I'll pay the extra and buy name brand. This isn't worth it. The quality is sub-par.tandys
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2.00 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchaser11/27/2019Tastes good, but doesn't fully dissolveAs others have said, it tastes better than the name brand. However, I have a problem with mine not fully dissolving in the water and leaving a grit behind in the cup. I'm not sure if this is sugar (looks like sugar crystals at the bottom of a cereal bowl) or what, but I try to consume it since I don't know if its beneficial or just filler. The inconvenience vs the small price difference of the name brand means I won't purchase this kind again.JB