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What Is AlkaTide? Ingredients and Supplement Facts
AlkaTide is an apple cider vinegar dietary supplement in chewable gummy form, 30 gummies per bottle. The Supplement Facts panel names six items. Only one is active: apple cider vinegar at 250 mg. Cane sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin and citric acid make the gummy. There is no proprietary blend.
- Form: chewable gummy only. There is no AlkaTide capsule, pill or drops.
- One active: apple cider vinegar, 250 mg per gummy.
- Five base items: cane sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin, citric acid. Amounts not published.
- Sugar per serving is not published by the manufacturer. Read your bottle.
- Set with pectin, so it carries a vegetarian mark. Also gluten free and non-GMO.
- Serving: one gummy daily with an 8 oz glass of water. Adults 18 and over.
What is AlkaTide in one clear picture?
Think of a vinegar routine turned into a small chew. AlkaTide is a dietary supplement. It comes as a gummy, 30 to a bottle, taken once a day. The seller says it is not a capsule, not liquid drops and not a medicine.
The front of the bottle reads "Supports Healthy Craving Control and Boosts Daily Metabolism". The label lists four claims in all: craving control, appetite support, metabolism support and digestive support. All four are structure and function claims, each with an asterisk.
What is on the AlkaTide supplement facts panel?
The seller counts six named items. One has an amount. The other five do not.
| Item | Amount | Role in the gummy |
|---|---|---|
| Apple cider vinegar | 250 mg | The only active |
| Cane sugar | Not published | Sweetener |
| Glucose syrup | Not published | Sweetener and texture |
| Water | Not published | Carrier |
| Pectin | Not published | Gelling agent, sets it without gelatin |
| Citric acid | Not published | Tartness and balance |
That is the whole list. The seller makes a point of this because the manufacturer's sales page talks about "a balanced blend of actives". The panel does not support that wording. Whatever the gummy does, it does with 250 mg of apple cider vinegar.
General information, not medical advice. AlkaTide is a dietary supplement for healthy adults 18 and over. It is not a drug and it is not FDA approved, and no supplement is. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist about your own health, medicines and any change to your routine.
What does the main ingredient do?
Apple cider vinegar is fermented apple juice. The part that research cares about is acetic acid. The studies on it are small and they used liquid vinegar.
- Kondo 2009: 15-30 ml daily for 12 weeks, measuring body weight, body fat and triglycerides in obese Japanese adults.
- Johnston 2004: 20 g of vinegar with a meal, measuring insulin sensitivity after carbohydrate.
- Ostman 2005: vinegar with a bread meal, measuring glucose, insulin and reported fullness.
- Hlebowicz 2007: a pilot of gastric emptying.
One gummy holds 250 mg of apple cider vinegar. How much of that is acetic acid is not published. The trials ran at about 750-1,500 mg of acetic acid a day, so the direction is clear even if the exact sum is not. See the Kondo study and the bread-meal study for the details.
What are the other five ingredients for?
They exist to make a gummy, and that is fine. Pectin is a fruit fibre that sets the chew without gelatin. Cane sugar and glucose syrup give sweetness and bite. Water is the base the mix sets from. Citric acid gives the tart finish. It is not vinegar and does nothing that acetic acid is studied for.
The sugar is the part to watch. The amount per serving is not published by the manufacturer, and the seller will not estimate a figure it cannot verify. If you count carbohydrate, read the panel on your bottle and add it to your day.
Does AlkaTide come as capsules, pills or drops?
No. The seller states there is no AlkaTide capsule, no liquid drop and no powder. A listing that offers one is not selling this product. That is a useful test if you ever see a strange offer.
A gummy trades dose for habit. It cannot hold as much active as a capsule, and it adds sugar. What it gives back is a routine that many people keep up, which the review record backs: the most repeated phrase is the daily gummy.
What is deliberately not in AlkaTide?
An ingredient list is also defined by what it leaves out.
- No caffeine or other stimulant on the panel.
- No proprietary blend. The one active has a printed number.
- No gelatin. Pectin does the setting.
- No second active. The panel does not list B12, chromium, cayenne or garcinia.
The label marks it vegetarian, gluten free and non-GMO. These marks say how it is made and what it avoids. They do not speak to results.
How do you read the panel on your own bottle?
It takes about three minutes, and the same steps work on any bottle you pick up.
- Find the serving size first. Everything on the panel is per serving. Here a serving is one gummy.
- Split actives from other ingredients. On this label one item sits above the line and five sit below it.
- Look at what has no number. The base items and the sugar have no published amount in the seller's materials. The panel on your bottle is the place to look.
- Compare the number with the research, not the claim. 250 mg against the doses the trials used is the whole story.
If your bottle disagrees with this page, the bottle is right. Formulations can change, and the label in your hand is the authority. Tell the seller at [email protected] so the page can be fixed.
Frequently asked questions
What is AlkaTide?
AlkaTide is an apple cider vinegar dietary supplement in chewable gummy form. A bottle holds 30 gummies, and the serving is one gummy a day with an 8 oz glass of water.
What is the main ingredient in AlkaTide?
Apple cider vinegar, at 250 mg per gummy. It is the only active item on the panel. The other five named items make up the gummy base.
What is the full AlkaTide ingredients list?
Apple cider vinegar 250 mg, cane sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin and citric acid. Amounts for the five base items are not published.
Does AlkaTide contain sugar?
Yes. Cane sugar and glucose syrup are on the panel. The grams per serving are not published by the manufacturer, so read the Supplement Facts panel on the bottle you receive.
Is there an AlkaTide capsule, pill or drops version?
No. AlkaTide is a chewable gummy only. A listing for capsules, pills or drops is not selling this product.
Is AlkaTide vegetarian?
The label carries a vegetarian mark because the gummy is set with pectin rather than gelatin. If you need it to be vegan, check the bottle you receive.
Which sources does this page use?
- Kondo T, Kishi M, Fushimi T, Ugajin S, Kaga T. Vinegar intake reduces body weight, body fat mass, and serum triglyceride levels in obese Japanese subjects. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009;73(8):1837-43. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19661687/
- Johnston CS, Kim CM, Buller AJ. Vinegar improves insulin sensitivity to a high-carbohydrate meal in subjects with insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2004;27(1):281-2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14694010/
- Ostman E, Granfeldt Y, Persson L, Bjorck I. Vinegar supplementation lowers glucose and insulin responses and increases satiety after a bread meal in healthy subjects. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005;59(9):983-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16015276/
- Hlebowicz J, Darwiche G, Bjorgell O, Almer LO. Effect of apple cider vinegar on delayed gastric emptying in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a pilot study. BMC Gastroenterol. 2007;7:46. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18093343/
- Launholt TL, Kristiansen CB, Hjorth P. Safety and side effects of apple vinegar intake and its effect on metabolic parameters and body weight: a systematic review. Eur J Nutr. 2020;59(6):2273-2289. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32170375/
Product facts come from the printed AlkaTide label, the distributor's own paperwork and the pages of this website. Where a figure is not published, this page says so.
Our view
The panel is short and the active amount is printed. That is better disclosure than a blend that hides numbers. It is also a small amount, and the finished gummy was never tested as a product.
Our view is to buy it as a daily habit, not as a stand-in for liquid vinegar. Read the real panel on your bottle, count the sugar if you track it, and speak to your doctor first if you take medicine or are pregnant or nursing.
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