Interesting! I don’t see an obvious reason that wouldn’t work based on my current knowledge, and the website sounds like they either know what they’re doing or are surprisingly good fakers. But neither of those is very compelling. And I know little-to-nothing about most of the things on the ingredients list.
One thing I noticed on the list was “polysorbate”, violating
must free of anything ending -ate (except stearate) or -ic acid; free of magnesium except magnesium stearate (it’s insoluble)
But according to wiktionary, -ate usually refers to a derivative of an -ic acid, and it looks like there’s no such thing as polysorbic acid. So maybe polysorbate is okay. (And being in a spray might change things anyway. E.g. if it reaches the relevant tissues sooner maybe it makes less difference if there are other things for the zinc to bind to?)
A serving (8 sprays) has about half as much zinc gluconate as a lozenge has acetate, so it should be a quarter as effective; except again for the spray thing, which presumably makes up for it some amount.
It does seem to be available in the UK as well. I’m tempted to buy some for my partner, who finds the lozenges much more unpleasant than I do.
(Oh, but on the negative, they make their zinc lozenge sound about as compelling: “This simple and tasty formula provides 7 mg of zinc in a targeted, bioavailable form. Zinc gluconate is the chelated form that has been used in multiple immune health studies. Our lozenge delivery releases the zinc ions in your throat and mouth for effective immune support.” But if the podcast is accurate, it shouldn’t work (except generically as a zinc supplement), because you can’t eliminate the metallic taste without ruining the effectiveness. And again I don’t know much about the ingredients, but I wouldn’t be surprised if “natural blood orange” contains vitamin C aka citric acid.)
Interesting! I don’t see an obvious reason that wouldn’t work based on my current knowledge, and the website sounds like they either know what they’re doing or are surprisingly good fakers. But neither of those is very compelling. And I know little-to-nothing about most of the things on the ingredients list.
One thing I noticed on the list was “polysorbate”, violating
But according to wiktionary, -ate usually refers to a derivative of an -ic acid, and it looks like there’s no such thing as polysorbic acid. So maybe polysorbate is okay. (And being in a spray might change things anyway. E.g. if it reaches the relevant tissues sooner maybe it makes less difference if there are other things for the zinc to bind to?)
A serving (8 sprays) has about half as much zinc gluconate as a lozenge has acetate, so it should be a quarter as effective; except again for the spray thing, which presumably makes up for it some amount.
It does seem to be available in the UK as well. I’m tempted to buy some for my partner, who finds the lozenges much more unpleasant than I do.
(Oh, but on the negative, they make their zinc lozenge sound about as compelling: “This simple and tasty formula provides 7 mg of zinc in a targeted, bioavailable form. Zinc gluconate is the chelated form that has been used in multiple immune health studies. Our lozenge delivery releases the zinc ions in your throat and mouth for effective immune support.” But if the podcast is accurate, it shouldn’t work (except generically as a zinc supplement), because you can’t eliminate the metallic taste without ruining the effectiveness. And again I don’t know much about the ingredients, but I wouldn’t be surprised if “natural blood orange” contains vitamin C aka citric acid.)