Product Review - Universal Animal Pack
Multivitamin and mineral supplements are perhaps the most important single supplement that can be consumed by bodybuilders and athletes. This is even more important for a lifter over 40.
Animal Pack was recommended by a friend as one of the best vitamin supplement packs on the market so of course I tried it.
I went through 2 cans each containing 44 packs. There are 11 pills in each pack so if you have a problem taking pills, this is not for you.
According to Universal, “Each Pak contains a powerful combination of cutting-edge mega-cycle vitamin & mineral complexes, performance enhancers, lipotropics, digestive enzymes and high potency energizers. Animal Pak consists of a perfectly balanced, time-released formula that is easily assimilated by your body for perfect bioavailability and optimum performance.”
In comparison, there are 11 pills in an Animal Pack daily dosage vs 3 pills for Optimum Nutrition Opti-men.
The price for Animal Pack is $.52 per day vs $.38 per day for Opti-men.
My thoughts on the product:
I stopped taking Animal pack because I didn’t think it was doing anything for me. I switched to a Vitamin Shoppe brand multi and immediately noticed I started getting the sniffles a little more often and colds a little more often when I was not taking the Animal Pack. While Animal Pack is considered among the industry leaders as best vitamin and has been voted as best Vitamin by BB.com readers, it faces some serious competition from ON Opti-men. When its not on sale somewhere, it can be considered expensive at $.52 per day. (You can find it on other websites for around $19.95 which would put it at around $.45 per day).
Personally I am going to try ON Opti-Men next to make a comparison, but overall I would rank Animal Pack as one of my favorites despite the cost. The addition of the digestive enzymes and the apparent ability to help ward off colds, make it much better than the typical generic or store brand multivitamin.
Overall rating: B+
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