Vitamin C

Vitamin C is one of the best-known nutrients there is — a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus fruits, berries, peppers and leafy greens. Your body cannot make it itself, and because it is water-soluble it is not stored in any meaningful way either, so it needs to arrive regularly through your diet. That everyday, little-and-often quality is exactly what makes it such a natural fit for a daily routine: vitamin C is a nutrient built for consistency rather than occasional heroics, which is very much the way we think recovery should work too.

In this range, vitamin C carries an EFSA-authorised role: vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation and the normal function of bones and cartilage. Collagen is the structural protein your body builds into connective tissue, so for people who train regularly, that authorised wording speaks directly to the parts of the body that do the quiet, load-bearing work session after session — the structures you rarely think about until you have asked a lot of them. As always, we use the claim exactly as authorised, with no stretching and no embellishment, because the plain version is already worth having.

In Recovery Capsules, vitamin C runs at 80mg per daily dose — 100% of your NRV — sitting beside magnesium, vitamin D3 and the botanicals turmeric and ginger, each doing its own clearly defined job. Food supplements are not a substitute for a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.