Grüns Gummies: We Decoded All 60 Ingredients So You Don't Have To

Grüns gummies market themselves around a provocative idea: what if you could get all your greens, vitamins, mushrooms, adaptogens, and minerals in eight gummy bears?

The product has caught serious attention. It's one of the fastest-growing supplements in the greens-in-gummy-form category, backed by a genuinely impressive-sounding ingredient list: 60 organic ingredients, 21 vitamins and minerals, prebiotics, superfoods, and adaptogens — all in a fruit-flavored bear.

But 60 ingredients is also a lot to take on faith. So let's actually go through them.

What Grüns Contains: Category by Category

Greens and Vegetables

Organic kale, spinach, broccoli, parsley, cabbage, alfalfa, wheatgrass, barley grass powder, oat grass, beet.

These are the product's foundation and largely what you're paying for. All are certified organic. The challenge with greens in supplement form is bioavailability — greens processed into powder and then into gummy form may deliver lower nutrient density than fresh greens. But for people who genuinely struggle to eat sufficient vegetables, this is a meaningful nutritional bridge.

Notable: barley grass and oat grass are listed as "gluten-free." The grass (as opposed to the grain) doesn't contain gluten proteins, so this claim holds.

Superfoods and Adaptogens

Organic spirulina, chlorella, astragalus, shiitake mushroom powder.

Spirulina and chlorella are nutrient-dense algae with good evidence bases for protein content and antioxidant activity. Astragalus is a well-studied adaptogen with evidence for immune support. Shiitake mushroom has documented beta-glucan content associated with immune modulation.

These are legitimate functional ingredients — though the effective doses for adaptogens in clinical trials are typically higher than what can fit in a daily gummy serving. You're getting the ingredients; whether you're getting therapeutic doses is a different question.

Berries and Antioxidant Fruits

Organic acai, acerola, amla, cranberry, goji, jabuticaba, mangosteen, maqui, pomegranate, lemon, apple, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, tomato.

Sixteen distinct fruit and berry ingredients. These contribute antioxidants (vitamin C from acerola and amla, polyphenols from berries), natural sweetness, and flavor. They also serve as the carrier for the taste profile that makes Grüns work as a gummy rather than a capsule.

Acerola and amla are particularly high-density vitamin C sources — likely the primary contributors to Grüns' vitamin C content, which keeps the source natural rather than synthetic ascorbic acid.

Prebiotics and Fiber

Inulin.

Inulin is a prebiotic fiber that feeds beneficial bacteria in the gut. This is a genuinely functional addition — there's strong evidence that inulin supports Bifidobacterium growth and improves gut microbiome diversity.

One caveat: inulin can cause gas and bloating in people with sensitive digestive systems or IBS. If you've had issues with other prebiotic supplements, start with a smaller serving to gauge tolerance.

Gummy Base

Pectin.

This is worth calling out specifically because it's a meaningful product decision. Conventional gummies use gelatin — an animal-derived protein. Pectin is a plant-derived polysaccharide from fruit skins and cores. It makes Grüns vegan-friendly and also means the "gummy" texture comes without any of the concerns associated with industrial animal processing.

Vitamins and Minerals (21+)

The full vitamin and mineral panel:

Vitamins: A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6, B7 (biotin), B9 (folate), B12, C, D3, E, K2

Minerals: Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Manganese, Molybdenum, Selenium

A comprehensive panel. D3 and K2 are particularly worth noting — they're cofactors that work together, and both are commonly deficient in modern diets. Folate (not folic acid) is the preferred form for people with MTHFR gene variants that limit folic acid conversion.

What Grüns Does NOT Contain

This is where Grüns earns significant credit for a supplement product:

No synthetic sweeteners (no sucralose, aspartame, or saccharin)
No artificial colors or dyes
No gelatin (pectin-based)
No major allergens (dairy-free, egg-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free, wheat-free, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free, sesame-free)
Non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free

For a supplement of this complexity, that's a remarkably clean formulation. Most multivitamin gummies use synthetic sweeteners, artificial dyes, and gelatin as defaults. Grüns has explicitly avoided all of them.

Third-Party Testing and Quality Assurance

Grüns undergoes testing through Eurofins Scientific — a credible, accredited third-party laboratory. Testing covers:

99 pesticides
Heavy metals
Microbial contaminants
Label claims validation for all 21 vitamins and minerals

NSF-certified manufacturing facilities. This is meaningful in the supplement industry, where many products never see independent verification.

Honest Assessment: What It Is and What It Isn't

Grüns delivers what it claims. The ingredient list is real, the certifications are legitimate, and the manufacturing is genuinely quality-controlled.

It is not a replacement for a whole-food diet. The nutrient bioavailability from powdered, processed greens in gummy form will always be lower than fresh vegetables. The fiber content (6g per serving) is real, but well below the 25–30g daily target nutritionists recommend.

The prebiotic content may cause digestive adjustment. If you're starting Grüns for the first time, give your gut a week to adapt to the inulin.

The 60-ingredient count is genuine but also somewhat misleading. Many of those 60 ingredients are present in trace quantities as part of blends and flavor systems. You're not getting a full clinical dose of each adaptogen — you're getting a comprehensive nutritional base with meaningful contributions from each category.

The Ingredient Transparency Takeaway

Grüns is one of the more transparent supplement products on the market at this price point. The fact that the ingredient list is long is a feature, not a bug — because unlike many supplements with vague "proprietary blend" listings, every one of those 60 ingredients is named.

That's the standard every supplement should meet: knowing exactly what you're consuming, in what form, from what source. When a product is willing to name all 60 ingredients and submit them to third-party testing, that's what ingredient transparency looks like in practice.

Use Toxic Scan to look up any of these ingredients individually if you want deeper context on their safety ratings, what the research says, or how they interact with specific health conditions.