My kids are picky eaters. Can you relate?
I’m sure most parents can, but it doesn’t take away how hard it is to get our kiddos the right vitamins and nutrients in their daily diet. I’ve found over the years that going with a kids vitamin can be a great way to fill those nutritional gaps.
My son is 7, about to turn 8, and my daughter is 5. We went through a lot of different children’s vitamin brands over the past few years. From the traditional flintstones that you buy off the shelves to First Day and Hiya, and now Renzo (plus a few others as well).
We gave Renzo a shot after hearing some of my mom friends talk about their positive experience with it. My kids also use hiya for the last 3 years, off and on, since they launched their kids multivitamin. They’ve since become the gold standard of multivitamins for kids.
Since both of my children used Hiya and Renzo, I wanted to compare and contrast them. I’ll talk about our experience with both, provide ratings across a few criterias, and I’ll share my kids’ opinions on which kids' vitamins they liked better: Renzo or Hiya? Stick around and find out!
What To Know Before Buying Hiya or Renzo's Kids Vitamins
Hiya
$
15
$30
Renzo's Picky Eater Multi
$
25.99
All About Hiya Kids Vitamins
Hiya Health was created a few years ago and they were one of the first direct-to-consumer brands that sold kids vitamins. They only had one product back then, which was their kids' vitamin chewable. I think they solved a problem for parents, to provide a subscription-based kids multivitamin service that filled nutritional gaps and had zero sugar.
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Important Facts
My Kids’ Experience With Hiya
We have a very large sample size to help you get an idea of how hiya kids vitamins has worked for our kids. Our kids have been taking hiya for 3 years now. I will say it’s been off and on, this is because we try out different brands. Just like anything in life, taking the same supplements every single day gets old too, especially for kids. Our kids like variety and they like a change-up. And personally as a dad, I don’t think there’s anything wrong going from a zero-sugar chewable tablet to a 2g of sugar gummy vitamin every now and again.
My daughter who is 5 years old has always liked the taste of hiya kids vitamins. The texture can be compared to a sweet tart, but obviously not sugary. She thinks it’s like a treat every morning, which can be due to the natural fruit flavors that are in the formula. She has never not taken the hiya chewable tablet when I have put it on the counter after breakfast. There are also times where I forget and she doesn’t, and she’s quick to remind me that she didn’t take her hiya multivitamin yet - that should say a lot.
My son who is almost 8 years old has also liked hiya vitamins since day one. He was 5 when he first tried them and loved them more when he was 5 than now that he’s almost 8. As time went on, he had more interest in gummy vitamins. However, he’ll still chew up the hiya chewable every single time I put it in front of him. Also, just because my son wants a gummy vitamin doesn’t mean I’m going to go completely away from hiya. I like how there’s no added sugar and you can’t get that in a gummy vitamin. Whether he likes it or not, that’s our parenting decision. But it’s one of the reasons why we try different vitamins for kids.
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What We Like
What We Don’t Like
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All About Renzo's Kids Vitamins
Renzo’s Vitamins have recently come up on our radar after seeing them around on social media and our circle of parent friends. They have a few different vitamin options to choose from and they all come in the same form as Hiya - rounded chewables. Renzo vitamins also have no added sugar, which made it a great fit for us.
Important Facts
The types of vitamins for kids that Renzo offers are:
- Picky Eater Multi ($25.99) - this is the one we chose
- Iron Strong ($19.99)
- Dynamite D3 ($16.99)
- Bright & Brainy B6 ($15.99)
- Invincible Vitamin C ($18.99)
- Hercules Calcium ($19.99)
My Kids’ Experience With Renzo's Picky Eater Multi
We decided to purchase the Picky Eater Multi because our kids are picky eaters and we wanted the regular kids multivitamins. If it worked out better than Hiya, we would be saving a few bucks in the long run. Nonetheless, my kids and I were excited to give them a run for 30 days.
The one thing that was different right from the start was the serving sizes. For the Renzo’s Picky Eater Multi, the supplement facts say to take 2 tablets if you’re 4 years of age and older. That applies to both of my kids, so instead of taking 1 hiya vitamin, we needed to take 2 Renzo’s per day.
My daughter thought the taste was pretty good. The flavor we chose is called Lil’ Green Apple. She didn’t love the taste, but she did take them everyday without complaining about it. She definitely didn’t praise the taste either. Overall I think she had a good experience with it. My experience was fine as well. I would like to see the serving size to just be one tablet, but that’s what it is.
My son had a similar opinion as my daughter did for the taste of Renzo’s Picky Eater Multi. As I watched him chew them each morning, he seemed like he was tolerating them. Regardless, we didn’t waste our money and both kids finished each of their bottles.
What We Like
What We Don’t Like
Comparing Renzo vs Hiya
In this next section, I’m going to compare Renzo and Hiya across a few different criteria and provide a rating number that I asked my kids!
Taste and Texture
Both of my kids love the chewable tablet texture that both Hiya and Renzo offer. The main difference here is the taste. My kids preferred Hiya’s taste over Renzo. They also told me that they would rather take just one vitamin instead of two.
Hiya Taste Rating
My Daughter’s Rating: 4.7/5
My Son’s Rating: 4.5/5
Renzo Taste Rating
My Daughter’s Rating: 4.4/5
My Son’s Rating: 4/5
Formulas
Hiya’s formula consists of 15 essential vitamins and minerals, as well as a blend of 12 fruits and veggies. Renzo’s Picky Eater Multi’s formula consists of 18 vitamins and minerals and iron. While Renzo has a little more in their formula, we liked Hiya’s simplicity and no iron in their formula. That said, both formulas are great and you will just have to decide what’s best for your kiddos.
Hiya Formula Rating
4.5/5
Renzo Formula rating
4.5/5
Results
Results are hard to measure when it comes to a multivitamin. Both of my kids seem to be more healthy when they do take a multivitamin as opposed to when they don’t. While I can’t pinpoint if they are healthier when they take Hiya vs Renzo, I know that either choice would be better than nothing.
Hiya Results Rating
4.6/5
Renzo Results Rating
4.6/5
Pricing and Value
Hiya vitamins are priced at $30 per month and you can get started with a 50% discount, which brings the price down to $15. Renzo vitamins are priced at $25.99 for a one-time purchase. They also have a subscribe and save option at $22.09 per month.
I like how Hiya has discounts when you purchase more than one bottle. For our family, we have two kids so the costs of these vitamins add up.
In my opinion, both Hiya and Renzo offer excellent value. For my kids though, they would prefer to consistently take Hiya over Renzo. They also really like the refillable glass bottle and stickers to decorate it, and I think that’s what will tip the scales for Hiya having a little bit more value than Renzo.
Hiya Value Rating
4.7/5
Renzo Value Rating
4.6/5
Which Kids Vitamins Did My Kiddos Like Better - Renzo or Hiya?
My daughter prefers Hiya because she loves the taste and texture a tad bit more than Renzo’s vitamins.
My son prefers Hiya over Renzo because he only has to take one vitamin as opposed to two every day. For more context here, my son would prefer a gummy vitamin over the chewable tablets. I think as he aged he didn’t like the chewables as much.
While both of my kiddos finished the whole bottle of Renzo Picky Eater Multi, the taste just didn’t do it for them. Overall, both of my kids preferred Hiya.
My Recommendation
Choose Hiya if…
$15 $30
Choose Renzo if…
$25.99
