Vivioptal PROTECT For Men Multivitamin & Multimineral Supplement 30 Capsules

Six-dimension breakdown

Why this scored 58/100

Vivioptal is a Merck consumer-health brand primarily distributed in Latin American and Middle Eastern markets — a legitimate multinational pharmaceutical company's OTC supplement line with real cGMP manufacturing infrastructure and adverse-event monitoring at pharma-brand scale. The Vivioptal Protect For Men formulation is a broad-spectrum multivitamin/multimineral targeting the mens-health demographic, typically including standard B-complex, antioxidant vitamins (C, E, D), zinc, selenium, and often lycopene or saw palmetto for prostate-relevant marketing positioning. Multivitamin evidence overall is mixed — cohort-based studies (COSMOS 2022 for cognition, Physicians Health Study II for cancer) show small benefits in some outcomes and no benefit or slight harm in others (beta-carotene arm of ATBC/CARET, calcium arm concerns). For general-population healthy adults, multivitamins are neither strongly beneficial nor obviously harmful when doses are within safe ranges. The Vivioptal Protect formulation itself is likely reasonable at Merck's manufacturing tier. Marks off primarily for the underlying evidence-category weakness (multivitamins are broadly middle-tier evidence), imported-brand availability variance, and typical multivitamin transparency depth (per-ingredient disclosure present but sourcing and standardization detail modest). Scored at Rejected 58, just under the Standard threshold — a defensible product that doesn't clearly earn the Standard tier given the category's evidence limitations.

Evidence & sources

The Vyvata score's Evidence dimension measures the quality of published RCT support for a product's active ingredients at the label dose. Our source hierarchy: double-blind RCTs in MEDLINE-indexed journals > single-blind RCTs > open-label trials > observational studies > mechanism papers > N=1 case studies (anecdotes). Predatory journals and manufacturer-authored studies without independent replication are weighted down.

Product-specific evidence citations for this item are embedded in the analysis text on the "Analysis" tab. For the full framework and evidence hierarchy, see the methodology page.

How to read the Evidence dimension

• 80–100: Multiple double-blind RCTs in indexed journals directly testing this product OR the exact ingredients at the exact dose.
• 60–79: Single double-blind RCT + supporting ingredient literature at the studied dose.
• 40–59: Open-label trials + ingredient literature; no product-specific double-blind evidence.
• 20–39: Ingredient literature only; no product-specific trials or trials in predatory venues.
• 0–19: No credible evidence base or unverifiable claims.

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VSF score

58 / 100

Tier

Rejected

Category

Supplements

Subcategory

mens health

Last scored

August 24, 2026

Third-party certifications

None on record at time of scoring

Vendor

The Beauty Box

Product type

Vitamins & Supplements

Tags

Shopify Collective, The Beauty Box

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