Finnish vitamins for children
Many mothers have heard that vitamins for babies produced in Finland are of high quality, benefit and effective effects on the child’s body. Is this what Finnish vitamins can be bought for children?
Famous manufacturers
Moller
This Finnish manufacturer offers children fish fat and omega-3 fats, valuable to development of the child. The most popular supplements include:
- Moller Omega-3 Pikkukalat. The supplement is available in capsules, in which the lemon-orange flavor and shape of the fish. The product is recommended for children over two years old and does not include synthetic colorants, preservatives or sweeteners.
- Moller Kalanmaksaoljy. The product is 250 ml of fish oil, which has a pleasant fruity taste. Supplement give babies older than 6 months, as a source of Omega-3, vitamins D and A.
Multi-tabs
This manufacturer produces in Finland many vitamins for children, among which are in demand:
- Mini Omega-3. Orange capsules with omega fats.
- Mini Plus. Strawberry raspberry tablets for chewing. They contain multivitamins and lactic acid bacteria. Allowed from 2 years.
- Mini. Berry multivitamins with xylitol, intended for children 2-10 years.
- D-Tipat D3. liquid vitamin D, prescribed from 2 weeks of age.
- Family. Multivitamins for the whole family, represented by tablets for swallowing, allowed from 4 years of age.
Sana-sol
In Finland, you can purchase these vitamins of this brand for children:
- Sana-sol D3-tipat. Supplement in liquid form for infants, based on coconut oil. The drug is prescribed from 2 weeks of age to 5 drops daily. Supplement drip crumbs directly into the mouth or mixed with food.
- Sana-sol monivitamiinivalmiste. Orange syrup for children older than a year, containing 8 essential vitamins. Assigned to a teaspoon daily up to 4 years of age, and for children over 4 years old - 2 tsp. in a day.
- Sana-sol Vitanaleet. Multivitamin chewing bears for children over 3 years. In their composition there are 8 vitamins. Supplement give one bear a day to 11 years and 2 capsules a day from 11 years.
- Sana-sol pehme ja pureskeltava. Chewable multivitamin tablets for the whole family with berry and orange flavor. Also includes zinc, selenium and iodine. Supplement give children over 11 years.
DeviSol
The range of this Finnish brand includes vitamin D3 in different forms of release and with different dosages. For the smallest, an oil solution Drops D3 is offered. It has no taste, which allows you to mix the drug with any food or drink. The daily dosage of the agent is 5 drops, containing 10 μg of vitamin D3.
DeviSol has chewable strawberry and fruit tablets, as well as tablets for ingestion. They are available in two dosages - 10 and 20 μg each of vitamin D. The appropriate dose for the child should be selected along with the pediatrician.
Lysi
This brand from Finland produces supplements with omega-3 fatty acids in liquid form and in capsules. For kids, the company offers fish oil with lemon flavor, which is given in 5 ml daily, as well as Lysi Omega-3 Moomin supplement, in 2 chewable fruit capsules containing 400 mg of Omega-3 fat and 5 μg of vitamin D3.
Minisun
For children in the range of the Finnish brand is:
- Children's Multivitamin Junior Orange Multivitamin. The tablets of this complex contains 11 vitamin compounds.
- Chewable Multivitamin Junior in the form of stars for children over 2 years old. The supplement includes 11 vitamins, selenium, zinc, iodine and manganese.
- Liquid vitamin D without taste Minisun Drops D3. The drug is produced on the basis of vegetable oil in 10 ml vials. The daily dosage (5 drops) contains 400 IU of vitamin D3.
- Chewable Junior Vitamin D in the form of monkeys (banana flavor) or cubs (strawberry flavor). Each tablet gives the child 10 µg of vitamin D. There is also a raspberry-flavored supplement.
- Chewable Berry Pills with Calcium and Vitamin D. Each tablet of this complex contains 10 μg of vitamin D and 500 mg of calcium. Tablets are absorbed or chewed.
- Omega-3 fats with vitamin D in the form of chewable fruit jelly. Each jelly contains 600 mg of fish oil and 400 IU of vitamin D3.
Bion 3
Complex Junior from this manufacturer gives children 12 vitamins, 3 probiotics and 3 minerals. The drug is prescribed from the age of 4 to increase the protective forces and better development of the child's body. It comes in the form of chewable raspberry tablets.
Triomega
The addition of this brand Triomega Kids is allowed for children over 5 years old and is a fruit capsule with fish oil. Every day a child is given 2-3 capsules, which he can either swallow or chew.
Opinions about whether all children need vitamin supplements are divided. So, the Union of Pediatricians of Russia considers them necessary, and Dr. Komarovsky believes that a balanced diet is enough.
Reviews
Finnish vitamins for children receive mostly good reviews from their parents. Mothers emphasize that such drugs are effective, well tolerated by children and have a beneficial effect on the appetite, general condition and immunity of babies. Children often like Finnish vitamins, and allergic reactions almost never occur.
The disadvantages of such additives are called only the difficulty with buying in Russia and the relatively high cost.
Substitute Products
If it is not possible to purchase vitamins from Finland, the mother can replace them with a similar complex of multivitamins from other manufacturers, for example, Alphabet, Pikovit or Supradin.
In the same time vitamin complexes can be successfully replaced with food, for it is from food that the child receives the essential nutrients.
So that children do not experience a lack of vitamin or mineral compounds, their diet should be present:
- Fish dishes.
- Cereals, bread.
- Milk products.
- Eggs
- Meat dishes.
- Vegetable oils and seeds.
- Fresh vegetables
- Berries and fruits.
- Greens and other products.
For more on this, see the transfer of Dr. Komarovsky.