Non-Acidic Vitamin C UK – Bio-C Food Form 125mg 60 Caps

Most vitamin C supplements are ascorbic acid — synthesised, isolated, and acidic enough that high doses cause stomach upset for a great many people. Bio-C takes the opposite approach: food-form vitamin C, drawn entirely from five fruits and herbs, with no ascorbic acid at all. Gentle, non-acidic, and accompanied by the bioflavonoids and polyphenols that occur alongside vitamin C in nature.

Why Food-Form Vitamin C Behaves Differently

Isolated ascorbic acid is absorbed quickly and excreted quickly — a large single dose largely ends up in your urine. Food-form vitamin C arrives inside the fruit matrix that produced it, alongside the co-factors the body evolved to encounter it with.

The other practical difference is comfort. Ascorbic acid is, as the name says, an acid. If high-dose vitamin C has ever given you stomach discomfort, that's why. Bio-C contains none.

How Other UK Vitamin C Supplements Compare

Standard ascorbic acid tablets — cheap, high dose, acidic. 1000mg for a few pounds, and perfectly effective for most people. But it is synthetic, acidic, rapidly excreted, and comes without the fruit co-factors.

Buffered vitamin C — gentler, still synthetic. Ascorbic acid buffered with calcium or magnesium to reduce acidity. Better tolerated, but still an isolated synthetic vitamin.

Liposomal vitamin C — high absorption, high price. A genuinely interesting delivery format at several times the cost, and still built on ascorbic acid.

What's in Every Capsule

Vitamin C — 125mg (156% NRV), entirely from food-form acerola cherry. No synthetic ascorbic acid.

The nine EU-authorised vitamin C claims:

• Contributes to the normal function of the immune system
• Contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels, bones, cartilage, gums, skin and teeth
• Contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism
• Contributes to the normal functioning of the nervous system
• Contributes to normal psychological function
• Contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress
• Contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue
• Contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E
• Increases iron absorption

The five food sources — doses declared:

• Acerola cherry — 500mg, at 25% vitamin C · Malpighia glabra · one of the richest natural vitamin C sources of any fruit · this is what provides the 125mg of vitamin C
• Blackcurrant — 108mg equivalent · Ribes nigrum · dark berry flavonoids and polyphenols
• Rosehip — 108mg equivalent · Rosa canina · the traditional British vitamin C source
• Parsley leaf — 50mg · Petroselinum sativum · culinary herb rich in flavonoids
• Elderberry — 42mg equivalent · Sambucus nigra · dark berry polyphenols

60 capsules in an HPMC vegetarian shell, with microcrystalline cellulose as anti-caking agent and rice extract. Vegan. Vegetarian. Halal approved. Kosher approved.

Every capsule is: ✓ 125mg food-form vitamin C (156% NRV) · ✓ No ascorbic acid · ✓ Non-acidic · ✓ Halal & kosher · ✓ Vegan · ✓ UK made

Bio-C vs Other UK Vitamin C

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A Note on Dose

Bio-C provides 125mg per capsule — well above the NRV, but lower than the 1000mg tablets on every pharmacy shelf. That is deliberate. If you specifically want a high-dose protocol, take 2 to 3 capsules daily rather than one, or use an ascorbic acid product alongside.

How to Take It

Take 1 capsule, one to three times daily, or as required. There is no acidity to worry about if you take it on an empty stomach.

Pair with Lipovita D3 + K2 through the winter months, or with Bio Mushroom Boost for broader immune support.

Is This You?

• High-dose vitamin C has upset your stomach before — ascorbic acid is the usual culprit
• You'd rather take vitamin C in the form it occurs in food than as an isolated synthetic compound
• You want the fruit co-factors — polyphenols and flavonoids — not just the vitamin
• You need halal and kosher approved vitamin C
• You're taking iron and want vitamin C alongside it, since it increases iron absorption

Explore the full Immunity UK and Halal Vitamins UK collections.

Questions We Get Asked

Food supplements should not replace a varied diet or healthy lifestyle. Consult your GP before use if pregnant, breastfeeding, taking prescription medication, or managing a diagnosed health condition.