This multivitamin & minerals for men is what a formulation scientist builds when told to make a men’s multi without the usual shortcuts. Igennus’s Pure & Essential version uses body-ready active forms throughout – methylated folate and B12, well-chelated minerals, D3 rather than D2 – so each nutrient arrives in the state the body actually uses, rather than a cheaper precursor it must convert.

What makes this multivitamin & minerals for men different

Most multis are built to a price: oxide minerals, folic acid, token doses padded with colourants. This one reads like a practitioner’s shopping list. The B vitamins arrive pre-methylated – meaningful for the sizeable share of men whose genetics make folic-acid conversion sluggish – and the minerals are chosen for absorption rather than label weight. Doses are set for a daily tablet you take for years, not a stunt.

• Methylated folate (5-MTHF) and methylcobalamin B12
• Vitamin D3, not D2; K2 included
• Well-absorbed mineral forms – no cheap oxides
• Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal testosterone levels in the blood
• 60 tablets – a genuine two-month supply at one a day

Built around how men actually eat

The formula assumes a real diet with real gaps: iron is kept modest, as men rarely need more, while zinc, magnesium, selenium and the B-complex – the nutrients busy schedules most reliably shortchange – are dosed generously. Pantothenic acid contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, which is the polite regulatory phrasing for what most customers are actually shopping for on a Tuesday.

One tablet a day keeps the habit sustainable. Igennus resisted the two-or-three-tablet serving that pads competitors’ labels, betting instead that a single well-formed tablet taken consistently beats an ambitious regimen abandoned by February.

The Cambridge habit of showing the working

Igennus is a science-led Cambridge company with a practitioner heritage, and it publishes its formulation rationale – forms chosen, doses justified, references attached – on the official Igennus site. In a category thick with wizard-branding and proprietary blends, a men’s multi that explains itself is quietly radical.

Who this suits

Men who train and want their baseline covered; men whose lunches are best described as improvised; anyone stepping up from a supermarket multi after learning what methylation means; and partners buying for men who would never buy this themselves. Take it with breakfast, and pair it with an omega-3 from the same range for the classic two-bottle foundation.

The 180-tablet pouch version sits beside this 60-pack in our range for those ready to commit to half a year – better per-tablet value once the habit has proven itself.

A brief word on what ‘body-ready’ costs and why it is worth it. Active nutrient forms are several times more expensive as raw materials than their precursor cousins, which is why the supermarket aisle avoids them. Igennus absorbs that cost into a formula that still undercuts most premium competitors per day – the margin comes out of marketing budgets rather than the tablet. Check the per-day arithmetic against any advanced multi you currently use; the comparison tends to end the conversation.

Timing tip from the counter: if a multivitamin ever sits uneasily on an empty stomach, move it to your largest meal and the issue almost always disappears. And if your training block includes heavy sweat sessions, the included electrolyte-relevant minerals make this a sensible daily anchor either side of a Maltese summer.

Delivered across Malta and Gozo

Order this multivitamin & minerals for men from Sattva Health Shop and we deliver island-wide, free over €40, from our St Paul’s Bay base. Store cool and dry. Compare the whole Pure & Essential family in our vitamins and minerals range – the women’s and 50+ versions apply the same philosophy to different briefs.

A multivitamin & minerals for men is only as good as the forms inside it. This one was built by people who clearly expected to be asked.