Aged garlic capsules at $26.99 for a 90 count bottle come to 60 cents per serving, because two gummies a day stretch the bottle across 45 days. Divide price by servings and the figure changes shape. Divide by bottle count and you're comparing packaging.
Why the bottle price lies to you
A 60 count bottle at $19.99 looks cheaper than a 90 count at $26.99 until you finish the division. The first works out at 33 cents a unit and the second at 30 cents, and units aren't the figure that matters. Servings are. The unit you pay for. A label asking for one, two or four units per serving moves your cost per day by up to a factor of four.
Three products from one shelf, each with a two a day serving. Magnesium taurate, 60 gummies, $25.99, gives 30 days at 87 cents a day. Aged garlic, 90 gummies, $26.99, gives 45 days at 60 cents a day. Zinc carnosine, 120 capsules, $27.99, gives 60 days at 47 cents a day. The dearest bottle there is the one that lasts longest.
Put aged garlic capsules in a row and compare
The method takes about a minute per bottle. Price divided by units, multiplied by units per serving, gives cost per serving. Then compare the dose at that serving, because a cheaper serving carrying less extract is not cheaper.
Aged garlic extract is standardised for S-allyl cysteine, and the amount studied is what you're paying for. In the FAITH trial, 65 firefighters took four tablets daily providing 300 mg aged garlic extract plus 30 mg coenzyme Q10 for twelve months. That's 300 mg of extract delivered as four units. A gummy at two per day with 60 mg of ubiquinol coenzyme Q10 per serving is a different arrangement of the same idea, and per serving cost only means something once you've matched it to a dose you recognise.
Where a subscription changes the equation
A subscription discount applies to every recurring order, not just the first, so it lowers the yearly figure rather than a single parcel. That's the real gain. The smaller gain is that you stop deciding.
Interval length deserves the same arithmetic as the bottle. Set a 30 day interval on a 45 day supply and you'll have 15 days of stock left when the next order lands, plus whatever you forgot to cancel. Six months of that is a drawer of gummies edging toward their date. Match the interval to the supply the bottle actually gives.
Common scene: someone puts the 90 count on a 30 day interval because it's the default, then cancels after three orders with 135 days of product on a shelf. Choosing 45 days would have solved it, and the skip button covers the weeks you're travelling and forget.
What cost per serving cannot tell you
Cents per serving says nothing about whether you'll finish the bottle. Product abandoned in week two is infinitely expensive, whatever the arithmetic says, and gummy formats exist partly because people do finish them. Not a small detail.
It also can't tell you whether the dose suits you. Aged garlic extract is generally well tolerated, and anyone on blood thinning medication should talk to a prescriber before adding a garlic product, because the two don't always sit well together. One conversation, worth having.
Velna Zivs ships from the United States, processes orders in one business day, and standard delivery runs 3 to 7 business days with tracking at dispatch. Orders above the free shipping threshold in the cart skip the charge, and returns run 30 days from delivery, subscriptions included. Two things before checkout: work out the cost per serving with a calculator, and read the serving size line twice.
Frequently asked questions
How do I compare two bottles?Show answerHide answer
Divide price by servings, then check the units per serving the label asks for.
Is buying larger always cheaper?Show answerHide answer
Usually, but confirm the per serving dose has not dropped to reach the lower price.
Does subscription change the price?Show answerHide answer
It discounts every recurring order, so the yearly total falls rather than just the first one.
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