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Basic Nutrients 2/Day

Multi/greens · Capsule · 30 portioner#1 / 9 in Multi/greens
7.4
Overall score · out of 10
7.4
Overall score · out of 10
Dose vs. studies7.4
Transparency8.0
Value8.6
Community6.0
Formulation5.0
Tier 4
Ingredient RCT (different dose)
The ingredient was tested in an RCT but at a different dose, or only in animals.
Redaktionellt score, paid $0 No affiliate link Tested by independent lab No public analysintyg Sample received: No
How we scored this product Show the full breakdown
Composite How this 7.4 is built. 0.55 × 7.4 + 0.20 × 8.0 + 0.10 × 8.6 + 0.10 × 6.0 + 0.05 × 5.0 = 7.4 out of 10. Säkerhet caps applied after. 7.4
7.4 composite
Dose vs. studies55%7.4
Transparency20%8.0
Value10%8.6
Community10%6.0
Formulation5%5.0

Bevisning gates dose: the evidence grade sets the ceiling, and the dose decides how much of that ceiling the product reaches. Value = inverse of price-per-trial-dose-day. Community = mean sentiment of external reviews. Säkerhet caps applied after weighting.

This score is our editorial judgment, not a scientific standard. We combine published evidence, dose, price, transparency, and consumer signals into one composite: this is our method, not a peer-reviewed clinical rating. A higher score means a product does better on the factors we weight, not that it is medically proven to work.

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Question 1

Does the molecule work?

The science behind each active ingredient, independent of which brand sells it.

Cheap, safe, and correcting a deficiency you probably have.

1 landmark RCT · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Food supplement (upper limit 100 μg/day)

Vitamin D3's essential partner, directs calcium to bones instead of arteries.

1 landmark RCT · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Food supplement, health claims authorised

One of the most common deficiencies; corrects sleep, muscle cramps, and blood pressure.

5 landmark RCTs · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Food supplement, health claims authorised

Essential mineral for immunity and skin; watch out for copper depletion.

3 landmark RCTs · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Food supplement

Trace mineral with a narrow safe range; often oversupplied.

1 landmark RCT · US: Dietary supplement (UL 400 μg) · EU: Food supplement (limit 300 μg/day)
Question 2

Is this bottle good?

The specific product: dose, price, transparency, and what buyers report.

Dose vs research
100% av studiedosen
Meets or exceeds the published effective dose
Cost at trial dose
$1.07/day at trial dose
What one effective daily dose actually costs
Transparency
8.0/10 · No public analysintyg
Independent batch testing confirmed
Consumer signals
5,175 reviews across platforms · 4.5/5 · high confidence
Operational signal only, never used as clinical evidence
Question 3

What's the catch?

Säkerhet flags, transparency gaps, dosing concerns, and recurring buyer complaints.

No public analysintyg
Certificate of Analysis not published
Without a public analysintyg, batch purity and potency cannot be independently verified.
Buyer complaints
Trustpilot: unresponsive customer service; Trustpilot: shipping delays
Recurring themes from consumer review platforms.
Redaktionellt verdict

Quick verdict

7.4 / 10
Best for
Full trial dose
Avoid if
No public analysintyg
Full-dose status
Meets trial dose
Pris/month
$32
COA status
Not public
Biggest caveat
No public Certificate of Analysis.
Nearest alternatives

The numbers

Pris
$32
per bottle · 30 portioner
Dose vs. research
Överensstämmer med studier 100%
of published effective dose
$ / day at studied dose
$1.07
what one effective daily dose costs
$ / g active
$29.92
per gram of active substance
Independently checked

Data verification

Pris
$32
Verified n/a
Dose
100% av studiedosen
Verified n/a
COA status
Not public
Verified n/a
Bevisning grade
ABAAA
Per-ingredient breakdown
AVitamin D3
BVitamin K2
AMagnesium
AZinc
ASelenium
Verified n/a

All product data is checked against original sources. Prices, doses, and testing status are updated when product pages change. Bevisning grades are reviewed when new human RCTs are published. Read how we verify.

What's inside

Ingredient
Dose in this product
Trial dose
Bevisning
Vitamin D3
Cheap, safe, and correcting a deficiency you probably have.
0.05 mg 100% av studiedosen
0.05 mg
Vitamin K2
Vitamin D3's essential partner, directs calcium to bones instead of arteries.
0.4 mg 222% av studiedosen
0.18 mg
20.0 mg 7% av studiedosen
300 mg
15.0 mg 100% av studiedosen
15 mg
Selenium
Trace mineral with a narrow safe range; often oversupplied.
0.2 mg 400% av studiedosen
0.05 mg
3.5 /5
High confidence
5,175 reviews across 3 platforms (3 sources)
Source diversity: 69%
AmazonRedditTrustpilot
Praisenoticeably improved energycomprehensive bioavailable formula
Complaintsunresponsive customer serviceshipping delays
Last checked: 2026-08-07

Consumer signals

4.48 out of 5 across 5,175 verified reviews on 4 platforms.

High confidence

Consumer sentiment compiled from 3 public sources.

39 reviews · 2.1/5 · negative sentiment

Complaintsunresponsive customer serviceshipping delays
ThemesBrand-level Trustpilot score remains poor due to service complaints, distinct from product satisfaction.

Compiled from Trustpilot listing located during research; verified at build time.

5,136 reviews · 4.5/5 · positive sentiment

Praisenoticeably improved energycomprehensive bioavailable formula
Complaintsstrong sulfur-like odor/taste
ThemesAmazon reviews are strongly positive on energy benefits, though the pungent smell/taste is a recurring complaint.

Compiled from Amazon listing located during research; verified at build time.

6 threads discussed · mixed sentiment

Praisecomprehensive nutrient profile praised by long-term users
Complaintssome users experience GI discomfort taking 2 capsules at once
ThemesReddit discussions are mixed: many find it effective, but some report needing to split doses due to GI discomfort.

Compiled from Reddit listing located during research; verified at build time.

2 threads discussed · mixed sentiment

Themesquestions about whether specific B-vitamin doses (e.g. B6) run too high for long-term daily usesome users taper to one capsule a day instead of the labeled two

These are consumer sentiment signals. They do not measure whether the product actually works. See our evidence section for that.

Independent external anchors

Public sources on this same product, unrelated to NO1GEVITY. NIH DSLD is the US government's registered label database (shown verbatim). SuppCo.com is a separate, unaffiliated commercial site with no partnership or data-sharing arrangement with us. NO1GEVITY scores are computed independently of both.

Unaffiliated third-party site
SuppCo.com

SuppCo is a separate, unaffiliated supplement-tracking site with no partnership, data-sharing agreement, or business relationship with NO1GEVITY. We are not endorsed by them and they do not endorse us. The two facts below are individually verified against the manufacturer or NSF; the outbound link is provided only so readers can independently cross-check on a third-party site if they want to.

Tested by independent lab, YesNSF certified, Yes
NIH DSLD registered label
DSLD ID 182801, UPC 6 93749 00287 1
Portionstorlek2 Capsule(s)
Portioner per container30
Supplement Facts panel, verbatim
Vitamin A1.05 mg117% DV
Vitamin C250 mg278% DV
Vitamin D50 mcg250% DV
Vitamin E16.5 mg110% DV
Vitamin K400 mcg333% DV
Thiamine50 mg4167% DV
Riboflavin12 mg923% DV
Niacin80 mg500% DV
Vitamin B620 mg1176% DV
Folate680 mcg DFE170% DV
Vitamin B12600 mcg25000% DV
Biotin500 mcg1667% DV

What others say, with a source hierarchy

We treat external opinion very differently depending on where it comes from. Tier A is our strongest signal. Tier C is background sentiment only. Tier Rejected is what we excluded, listed openly so you can see what we discarded.

These reviews are aggregated from third-party sources, not written by NO1GEVITY. Each entry shows its source, retrieval date, and whether the source has an affiliate or paid relationship. We do not edit reviews to change their meaning. Disclosure policy.

Rejected

Sources we transparently discard

Marketing-quoted press, obviously fabricated aggregate ratings, or heavy-affiliate 'reviews'. Listed openly so you can see what we excluded.

Thorne, company quality/certification page (cited for manufacturing claims, not efficacy)
No affiliate relationship Not a paid placement

First-party vendor claim about manufacturing process, not an independent test of this product's efficacy or content.

Finding: Thorne states its facility undergoes 'four rounds of testing' and holds NSF and TGA (Australia) audits.
How we use it: Rejected as an external review source per the two-question test (this is the vendor's own page, not an independent evaluator); used only in quality_certifications narrative, not as evidence of efficacy.

Vår sammanfattning

Thorne's Basic Nutrients 2/Day is a densely formulated multivitamin using well-absorbed chelated (TRAACS) mineral forms and active B-vitamin cofactors, verified by NSF Certified for Sport but without product-specific outcome trials. The category-level evidence on whether daily multivitamins meaningfully help long-term health is genuinely split: a 2022 trial (COSMOS-Mind) found a modest cognitive benefit in older adults, while the earlier Physicians' Health Studie II found none over 12 years in men, and the well-known VITAL trial (often miscited as multivitamin evidence) tested vitamin D alone and found no cancer or cardiovascular benefit. Buyers should treat this as a reasonably well-designed nutritional insurance product rather than one with settled clinical-outcome proof at this specific formulation.

Bevisning, what actually backs this product

Longevity brands rarely test their exact finished product. We separate what's tested from what's inferred.

Strongest evidence tier
Tier 4Ingredient RCT (different dose)
3 studies mapped
Tier 4Ingredient RCT (different dose)
Effects of cocoa extract and a multivitamin on cognitive function: A randomized clinical trial (COSMOS-Mind)
Baker LD, Manson JE, Rapp SR, Sesso HD, Gaussoin SA, Shumaker SA, Espeland MA · 2022 · Alzheimer's & Dementia · n=2262 · Commercial multivitamin-mineral (Centrum Silver) vs. placebo, standard daily dose · Up to 3 years
ingredient-levelpeer-reviewed
Daily multivitamin-mineral supplementation produced a statistically significant benefit on global cognition versus placebo (mean z-score difference 0.07, 95% CI 0.02-0.12, p=0.007), with benefits also seen for memory and executive function; effect was most pronounced in participants with a history of cardiovascular disease. Cocoa extract (tested in the same trial) had no effect on cognition.
This is the most relevant large, long-term RCT of general multivitamin supplementation on a hard outcome (cognition) and is a positive finding, in contrast to earlier negative multivitamin trials. It used Centrum Silver, not Thorne's Basic Nutrients 2/Day, and studied older adults specifically, so it supports the category (daily MVM may help cognition in older adults) rather than this exact formulation.
Conflicts: COSMOS trial received support in part from Mars Edge (cocoa extract manufacturer) and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare/Haleon (multivitamin donation); academic-led (Wake Forest, Harvard)
Tier 4Ingredient RCT (different dose)
Effects of multivitamin supplement on cognition in men in the Physicians' Health Studie II
Grodstein F, O'Brien J, Kang JH, et al. (Physicians' Health Studie II) · 2013 · Annals of Internal Medicine · n=5947 · Daily multivitamin (Centrum Silver) vs. placebo, standard dose · 12 years
ingredient-levelpeer-reviewed
Long-term daily multivitamin use did not provide cognitive benefits: global overall score difference -0.01 standardized units (95% CI -0.04 to 0.02); verbal memory difference -0.005 SU (95% CI -0.04 to 0.03), both non-significant.
This is a large, long-duration, well-conducted RCT that found no cognitive benefit from a daily MVM in older men, directly at odds with the more recent, mixed-sex COSMOS-Mind finding. Reviewers should present both trials since they point in different directions and differ in population (male-only vs. mixed-sex) and era (older vs. more recent).
Conflicts: BASF and DSM donated study pills; NIH-funded trial infrastructure; academic-led (Brigham and Women's/Harvard)
Tier 5Mechanistic / animal / marketing
Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease (VITAL trial)
Manson JE, Cook NR, Lee IM, et al. · 2019 · New England Tidskrift of Medicine · n=25871 · Vitamin D3 2000 IU/day (and omega-3 in a factorial arm) vs. placebo · 5.3 years median
ingredient-levelpeer-reviewed
Vitamin D supplementation alone did not significantly reduce invasive cancer incidence (HR 0.96) or major cardiovascular events (HR 0.97) versus placebo.
Important clarification: VITAL is a vitamin-D-and-omega-3 outcomes trial, not a general multivitamin trial. It is frequently confused with multivitamin research because of its size and prominence; NO1GEVITY flags this explicitly rather than mis-citing VITAL as multivitamin evidence. Basic Nutrients 2/Day contains 2000 IU vitamin D3 per 2-capsule serving, matching VITAL's dose, so this negative finding on hard cardiovascular/cancer endpoints is relevant to that one ingredient within the blend.
Conflicts: NIH-funded; Pharmavite LLC (Nature Made) donated study pills; academic-led (Brigham and Women's/Harvard)

Claim check, vendor claims vs. our reading of the evidence

Not medical advice. We list the strongest claims made by the brand and check each against traceable evidence.

Partial support
“Comprehensive multivitamin with highly bioavailable chelated (TRAACS) mineral forms”
TRAACS (Albion-patented amino acid chelates) do have published absorption data superior to some inorganic mineral salts, so the bioavailability framing has a real basis. But 'comprehensive' and 'bioavailable' claims about the blend do not by themselves establish that this specific 24-ingredient combination improves any health outcome, that requires outcome trials on multivitamins as a category, addressed separately below.
Partial support
“Daily multivitamin supplementation supports healthy aging / cognitive and overall health (general category positioning, not a specific disease claim on Thorne's page)”
The evidence is genuinely mixed and evolving. The 2022 COSMOS-Mind RCT (n=2,262, up to 3 years) found a statistically significant, modest cognitive benefit from a daily multivitamin in older adults (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36102337/), but the earlier, larger Physicians' Health Studie II cognitive substudy (n=5,947 men, 12 years) found no cognitive benefit at all (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24490265/). Neither trial used Thorne's specific formulation. The commonly cited 'VITAL trial' is frequently misattributed as multivitamin evidence but is actually a vitamin-D-only outcomes trial that found no cancer or cardiovascular benefit (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1809944), relevant to the vitamin D component of this product, not the whole blend. Buyers should understand daily multivitamin outcome evidence is genuinely contested, not settled in either direction.

Regelverk status

Rules change often. We record when we last verified each row. See the full regulatory timeline →

What we could not verify

We list this openly. If a claim isn't backed by a source we can trace, we'd rather flag it than repeat it.

  • No RCT was located using this exact 24-ingredient Thorne formulation; all outcome evidence cited is from other commercial multivitamins (principally Centrum Silver) used in large public-health trials.
  • No public per-batch Certificate of Analysis was located for this SKU despite NSF Certified for Sport status.
  • The vitamin K2 form used is MK-4 (shorter half-life) rather than MK-7 (longer half-life, more studied for bone/cardiovascular endpoints), this distinction is not called out on Thorne's own product page.
  • EU per-country maximum permitted levels for each of the ~24 micronutrients in this formula were not individually verified in this review.
  • Long-term safety of daily use of several of the included micronutrients at these specific combined doses (e.g., B6 at 20mg, well above the US RDA of 1.3-1.7mg) has not been independently assessed for this exact blend.
  • Reddit r/Supplements community forum
    mixed sentiment

    Community discussion exists, with the main concern being whether the potent formula requires two capsules and could add excessive zinc when combined with other supplements. No single Reddit thread is treated as a representative product review.

    no direct URLchecked 2026-08-07
  • Amazon customers aggregator

    An Amazon listing for this exact product was located. The product URL is not retained because marketplace listings can change.

    no direct URLchecked 2026-08-07
Important to know
Vitamin D3Taking without fat = poor absorption. High-dose D3 without K2 can drive calcium into arteries. D2 form (ergocalciferol) is inferior for raising blood levels.
Vitamin D3High doses (>4000 IU/day) may cause hypercalcemia. Do not exceed upper intake limits without medical supervision.
Vitamin K2Interacts with blood thinners (warfarin), consult your doctor. All-trans MK-7 is the active form; cis-MK-7 is inactive filler.
MagnesiumMagnesium oxide has ~4% absorption and mostly acts as a laxative. Always check the salt form, not just 'magnesium'.
ZincChronic >50 mg/day causes copper deficiency.
SeleniumNarrow safety margin. Don't stack multiple produkter with selenium.

Redaktionellt notes

A chelated-mineral, bioavailable-form multivitamin rather than a longevity-specific formula, included here as a comparison baseline since it uses MK-4 (not MK-7) vitamin K2 and only modest magnesium/zinc doses, unlike dedicated healthy-aging multis.

In plain language

Why this scored this way

This Thorne HealthTech Basic Nutrients 2/Day scores 7.4, making it a mid-tier product with both strengths and weaknesses. It delivers the full 0.2mg trial dose of Selenium with grade A evidence (strong human trial data).

What drives the score up

  • Dose-evidence score of 7.4 shows decent alignment with trial doses.
  • Tested by independent lab (transparency 8.0).
  • Selenium is dosed at the full research level with grade A evidence (strong human trial data).
  • Vitamin D3 is dosed at the full research level with grade A evidence (strong human trial data).
  • Vitamin D3 is also dosed at the full research level.

What drags it down

  • Magnesium (20.0mg is 7% of the 300mg trial dose) is significantly under-dosed.
  • Vitamin K2 (0.4mg is 222% of the 0.18mg trial dose) is well above the trial dose. More is not always better.
  • Selenium (0.2mg is 400% of the 0.05mg trial dose) is well above the trial dose. More is not always better.
  • No public analysintyg available for independent verification.
  • Limited consumer feedback (community score: 6.0).

Why you'd choose it

  • You want a reasonably priced multi/greens product.
  • You want Selenium from a Thorne HealthTech product.
  • You want a tested by independent lab product.

Why you might skip it

  • You want a product with a publicly available CoA.
  • You need a full trial dose of magnesium (this product under-doses it).
  • You want a standard dose of vitamin k2 (this product is well above it).
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