One A Day
Bayer multivitamin brand
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::summary Bayer multivitamin brand ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | One A Day |
| type | Multivitamins |
| currentowner | Bayer |
| origin | U.S. |
| introduced | 1940 |
| markets | Worldwide |
| previousowners | Miles Laboratories |
| website | |
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| logo = | name = One A Day | image = | type = Multivitamins | currentowner = Bayer | origin = U.S. | introduced = 1940 | discontinued = | related = | markets = Worldwide | previousowners = Miles Laboratories | trademarkregistrations = | ambassador = | tagline = | website =
One A Day (sometimes referred to as One-A-Day) is a product family of multivitamins produced by the Bayer corporation. One A Day was introduced in 1940 by Miles Laboratories.
Bayer markets fifteen products in the One A Day line:
- Cholesterol Plus
- Energy
- Energy Advantage2O
- Essential
- Maximum
- Men's Health
- Men's 50+ Advantage
- Teen Advantage
- VitaCraves Gummies
- Women's
- Women's2O
- Women's 50+ Advantage
- Women's Active Metabolism
- Women's Active Mind & Body
- Women's Prenatal
Bayer had heavily{{Citation | last = MacArthur | first = Kate | last2 = Thomaselli | first2 = Rich | title = Bayer takes new tack with diet supplement; One A Day entry focuses on metabolism | journal = Advertising Age | date = December 30, 2002 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96078219.html}} marketed a "WeightSmart" brand, but it was discontinued after the United States Federal Trade Commission recovered $3.2 million{{Citation | last = Edwards | first = Jim | title = FDA Slams Bayer; Firm Has a History of Mismarketing OTC Medicines | journal = BNET Pharma | date = October 28, 2008 | url = http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000345/fda-slams-bayer-firm-has-a-history-of-mismarketing-otc-medicines/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081029072957/http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000345/fda-slams-bayer-firm-has-a-history-of-mismarketing-otc-medicines/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 29, 2008 }} as part of $25 million settlement from Bayer, alleging that Bayer had falsely claimed that the product led to weight loss.
One-A-Day Women's multivitamin was tested by ConsumerLab.com in their Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review of 38 of the leading multivitamin/multimineral products sold in the U.S. and Canada. This product passed ConsumerLab's 2011 test, which included testing of selected index elements, their ability to disintegrate in solution per United States Pharmacopeia guidelines, lead contamination threshold set in California Proposition 65, and meeting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling requirements.
References
References
- "Abelman, Frayne, & Schwab". Lawabel.com.
- "What is the Best Women's Multivitamin?".
- (15 June 2011). "ConsumerLab Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review - Main Review".
- (15 June 2011). "ConsumerLab Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review - Testing Method".
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