Easy to swallow: For children who cant—or wont—swallow whole pills, gummy vitamins provide an easy solution. They can be chewed and swallowed with no fuss or risk of choking. Additional vitamins: Finally, of course, theres the fact that they do provide important vitamins.

Also, are you supposed to chew vitamin tablets? If you are taking the extended-release capsules, swallow them whole. Do not crush or chew extended-release capsules or tablets. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk of side effects. If you are taking the wafers or chewable tablets, chew them thoroughly and then swallow.

Similarly one may ask, are gummy vitamins as effective as pill form?

Gummy vitamins are better tasting and easier-to-swallow than multivitamin tablets, but this convenience comes at a significant cost. Problem number one is that most gummy brands are missing too many essential nutrients. Centrum MultiGummies for Adults, for example, is missing 10 of these vitamins and minerals.

Do vitamin gummies do anything?

The desire for companies to make them taste more like candy, makes it harder to pack [an effective amount of] vitamins and minerals into the gummies, says Maskeroni. Gummy vitamins do have a higher sugar content than regular tablets, with about three grams of sugar for two gummies.