Frequently Asked Questions

Centrum Specialist^® Prenatal provides essential micronutrients for the growth and development of your baby. Adequate levels of folic acid along with other nutrients may help to reduce the risk of neural tube defects and ultimately improve birth outcomes. What’s more, the Centrum Specialist^® Prenatal DHA softgel supports the baby’s healthy eye and brain development.*

Centrum Specialist^® Prenatal may be taken after pregnancy, while you are breastfeeding. A mother’s nutritional needs remain increased during breastfeeding. Centrum Specialist^® Prenatal has a customized ratio of DHA and EPA to help optimize DHA levels of the mother’s breastmilk for the infant’s growth and development.*

DHA and EPa are omega 3 essential fatty acids that play important roles in the development of our bodies. DHA is an essential component of the brain and eyes and is important for healthy visual and mental development in utero and through infancy. Studies show that EPA may help with the transport of DHA across the placenta.

Centrum Specialist^® Vision offers a complete daily multivitamin/multimineral with carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, to help maintain healthy vision.*

These nutrients are known to play a role in maintaining eye health and structure along with having antioxidant properties and support vision sharpness, acuity, and healthy eyes as you age.

Centrum Specialist^® Energy multivitamins are the same formula as Centrum Performance^® -- in a new package design.

B-vitamins (such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B₆, B₁₂, biotin and pantothenic acid) play an important role in converting proteins, fats and carbohydrates to energy. For thousands of years, ginseng root has been used in China, Korea, and Japan because of its reported benefit of feelings of vitality and wellbeing.*

Centrum Specialist^® Heart is an enhanced complete multivitamin. It is specially formulated with heart-healthy nutrients, such as vitamins B₆, B₁₂, and E as well as folic acid.

No, Centrum^® has the same great formulas and continues to be backed by the latest nutritional science, just with a new packaging look and new name on the Adult products.

The makers of Centrum^® redesigned the Adult packaging to make it simpler and easier for consumers to find the product that’s right for them, by making it easier to identify the product benefits by age and gender, and to give it a fresh new look.

Click this link for the full listing of all new and old product names. http://www.centrum.com/new-look

Centrum^® vitamins contain a negligible amount of fiber to serve as a binder/filler for the tablets, rather than acting as a dietary fiber supplement. Centrum^® multivitamins are currently not formulated to be a source of dietary fiber.

Centrum^® contains an insignificant amount of lactose. Lactose intolerant individuals can usually tolerate small quantities of lactose. If you have any doubt or additional question, consult a physician.

All our products are assigned an expiration date, which is based upon extensive stability studies. The product is effective until the last day of the month noted on the package. There is no evidence to indicate that the ingredients in the product would be harmful if consumed beyond the expiration date. You may not, however, be receiving the amount of each vitamin or mineral listed on the label. The potency of the ingredients slowly diminishes over an extended period of time, and the expiration date is determined by the least stable ingredient in the product. We recommend that the product not be used after the expiration date.