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Brand-quality audit Published Jun 30, 2026 Recalibrated Jul 1, 2026

Spring Valley supplements

Budget Walmart supplements with strong prices, adequate basic labels, and weaker verification than premium certified brands.

Spring Valley supplements brand audit

Composite trust

58 /100 Poor

Quality

27 /100

Poor

Formulation

64 /100

Mixed

Transparency

39 /100

Poor

Safety

75 /100

Adequate

Value

80 /100

Strong

Sentiment

66 /100

Mixed

Top strengths

  • Very low cost per serving on many basic vitamins and minerals
  • Broad Walmart availability with large review volume
  • Clear active-ingredient amounts on many sampled labels
  • Some limited independent testing visibility through ConsumerLab

Key concerns

  • No public COA portal or batch-level test reports found
  • No verified USP or NSF certification found in reviewed directories
  • December 2023 potential mold recall in one liquid product
  • Specialty herbal and claim-driven products have weaker evidence and historical label challenges

Badges

Third-party tested Premium ingredients Fair value Transparent pricing

Axis by axis

What the evidence shows

Quality

27/100 Poor

Spring Valley's quality evidence is mixed and materially weaker than brands with public COAs, USP verification, NSF certification, or disclosed ISO-accredited testing. The most important quality negatives are a December 2023 potential mold recall in one liquid product and older peer-reviewed testing that raised consistency and contamination concerns in sampled herbal products. The evidence should be read proportionally: Spring Valley has hundreds of products, and the strongest negative findings cover a small subset, but the brand also does not provide the independent verification that would offset those concerns.

Formulation

64/100 Mixed

Spring Valley's formulation profile is acceptable for many basic vitamins and minerals but less convincing for specialty botanicals and broad health-claim products. Of 10 sampled products, about 7 looked plausibly dosed for mainstream use, with positive examples including Vitamin D3, B12, Magnesium Glycinate, and the EPA and DHA disclosed fish oil. Concerns center on the 50 mg zinc dose, limited product-specific clinical evidence, and historical legal challenges to certain health or ingredient claims.

Transparency

39/100 Poor

Spring Valley is transparent about retail availability and basic label facts, but not about batch testing, facilities, sourcing, or contract-manufacturer coverage. Walmart ownership is traceable, and NIH DSLD provides broad product-label visibility, which are meaningful positives. The main transparency gap is that public quality claims are not matched with public COAs, lab reports, or certification numbers, and several product-label lawsuits have challenged how certain claims were presented.

Safety

75/100 Adequate

Spring Valley does not have a clean recent safety record because of the December 2023 potential mold recall and recurring label or advertising litigation. The strongest safety event found was product-specific and not associated with reported illnesses in the reviewed public summary, so the penalty is meaningful but not catastrophic. No Spring Valley-specific FDA warning letter was found in the reviewed sources, and the legal record must be described as allegations or mixed outcomes rather than proven fraud.

Value

80/100 Strong

Spring Valley's strongest objective advantage is price. Sampled commodity products such as Vitamin D3, Zinc, B12, and Melatonin are often far cheaper per count than comparable national-brand options sold on Walmart. The value score is tempered by weaker public verification, meaning the brand is best viewed as budget value for basic supplements, not premium value for high-assurance or athlete-safe use.

Sentiment

66/100 Mixed

Spring Valley has strong mainstream retail acceptance but weak enthusiast or expert reputation. Walmart shoppers rate many products highly and buy them in large numbers, but off-platform discussion is more cautious and complaint-oriented sources show packaging, quality, and service complaints. The social picture is best described as budget-popular, not community-favorite or practitioner-trusted.

The rubric

How every score was built

Each axis opens at a category baseline, then moves only on dated, cited evidence, never a gut call. That is the whole difference from a star rating: every one of these 24 adjustments is a receipt you can check.

Points What moved the score
Quality baseline 50 27 Poor
−15 Potential mold contamination recall in one Spring Valley liquid product. ConsumerLab reported that BioMylz Pvt. Ltd., the contract manufacturer, recalled 24,324 units of Spring Valley Biotin and Collagen Liquid Natural Berry Flavor on December 1, 2023 due to potential mold contamination. This is one product within a very large line, but contamination is a high-severity quality signal. Base contamination penalty selected at -20, recency 2 to 5 years from July 1, 2026 equals 75 percent, final -15. 123 December 2023 event, 2 to 5 years old as of July 1, 2026 · 75% weight
−8 Independent peer-reviewed herbal testing found consistency and contamination concerns in sampled Spring Valley herbal products. The PLOS One study reported significant between-bottle variation for sampled herbal supplements, with Spring Valley Ginger among the least variable samples but Spring Valley Korean Panax Ginseng showing significant differences between bottles in all tests described in the article summary. Because this evidence covers a narrow herbal subset, not the full 443-product Spring Valley line listed in NIH DSLD, I applied a proportional quality penalty: 50 percent of a -20 poor-quality verified finding equals -10, then 75 percent recency weight for a 2021 paper equals -8. 45 2021 study, 2 to 5 years old as of July 1, 2026 · 75% weight
+0 No verified USP or NSF product certification found for Spring Valley in the sources reviewed. USP's current verified-product listing shows other store and national brands such as Nature Made, Kirkland Signature, Member's Mark, Natrol, Nature's Bounty, vitafusion, YouTheory, Culturelle, and others, but Spring Valley was not visible in the reviewed listing. NSF provides searchable official listings for certified dietary supplements, but searches did not surface Spring Valley certified products. Absence of certification is common in the market, so this is documented as context and not penalized. 678 current directory evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
— Not scored No public batch COA portal, no disclosed ISO 17025 lab program, no full manufacturer list, and no comprehensive product-line audit were found. ConsumerLab full brand report details are mostly behind a membership wall.
Formulation baseline 50 64 Mixed
+10 Effective dosing appears adequate in a majority of sampled basic products, but not uniformly strong across the line. Sample reviewed: Vitamin D3 2,000 IU, Omega-3 providing 645 mg EPA and 310 mg DHA, Magnesium Glycinate 200 mg, Vitamin C 1,000 mg, Vitamin B12 1,000 mcg, Zinc 50 mg, Probiotic 10 billion CFU, Calcium Magnesium Zinc plus D3, Melatonin 5 to 10 mg options, and Turmeric Curcumin 1,500 mg with BioPerine. I judged 7 of 10 sampled products as plausibly effective-dose for common supplement use, so I awarded the low end of the majority-of-line effective-dose factor: +10, with no recency discount because these are current labels. 91011121920212223242526 current product labels reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+4 Premium or absorption-oriented forms appear in several sampled products, but not enough to treat as brand-wide. Examples include magnesium glycinate, BioPerine in the 1,500 mg turmeric product, and timed-release B12. Pattern calculation: 3 of 10 sampled products show premium or delivery-oriented features, so I awarded partial credit near the low end of the +5 to +8 branded or premium ingredient range. 202425 current product labels reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+5 No proprietary blend pattern was found in the 10 sampled labels. The reviewed listings disclosed active ingredient amounts for the sampled vitamin, mineral, probiotic, omega-3, melatonin, CoQ10, and turmeric products. Because the sample is limited and Walmart pages sometimes summarize rather than reproduce full Supplement Facts panels, I awarded +5 rather than the maximum +7. 910111219202122232425 current product labels reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−2 Some sampled or litigated specialty formulas raise evidence-quality concerns. The 2022 Bolden complaint alleged that Spring Valley Garcinia Cambogia was marketed for weight-management support despite allegedly ineffective active ingredients, and NCCIH notes that evidence for some popular supplement uses can be limited. This is one product or small category within a large line. Pattern calculation: isolated specialty-claim issue, 25 percent of a -12 claims-without-evidence penalty equals -3, recency 2 to 5 years at 75 percent rounds to -2. 2728 2022 legal filing, 2 to 5 years old as of July 1, 2026 · 75% weight
−3 Zinc 50 mg exceeds the adult tolerable upper intake level of 40 mg per day listed by NIH ODS, so daily use may be excessive for many adults unless supervised. This is an isolated dose-concern finding in one sampled product, so I applied a small formulation penalty rather than treating it as a line-wide underdosing or safety incident. 1122 current label and current NIH ODS reference reviewed in 2026 · full weight
— Not scored A full Supplement Facts audit for all 443 NIH DSLD-listed Spring Valley products was not performed. Strain-level probiotic evidence, standardized botanical extract details, inactive ingredient counts, and batch potency results were not consistently available from public pages.
Transparency baseline 50 39 Poor
+8 Ownership is reasonably traceable through trademark records and Walmart retail presentation. Trademark records identify Walmart Apollo, LLC as owner of the SPRING VALLEY mark for vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements, and Walmart operates a Spring Valley brand shop. I awarded +8 for ownership disclosure, not +12, because contract manufacturers and facility locations are still not comprehensively disclosed. 1831 current ownership and retail evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+3 Spring Valley provides broad product availability and label-level ingredient visibility through Walmart and NIH DSLD. NIH DSLD lists 443 Spring Valley products, and Walmart product pages disclose active amounts on many products reviewed. This supports basic shopper verification but is not batch testing, sourcing disclosure, or a COA program. Awarded +3 for clear labeling, the low end of the rubric range. 5910111223 current product label evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−10 Quality and testing claims are not backed by public batch COAs, lab names, or certification numbers in the reviewed pages. The Spring Valley site claims rigorous testing and quality control for each product, and Walmart listings reference strict quality guidelines, but no COA portal or independently verifiable batch reports were found. This is not scored as a COA refusal. It is scored as an explicit quality claim that cannot be verified from public evidence: low end of -10 to -15, final -10. 916 current public evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−6 No public manufacturing facility list or contract manufacturer list was found for the Spring Valley line, despite the brand being large and sold nationally. The recall documentation identifies BioMylz as contract manufacturer for one recalled product, but that does not disclose the broader supply chain. For a large private-label brand, I applied the low end of the no-facility-information penalty, -6. 1518 current public evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−6 Multiple product-label lawsuits create a transparency concern, but they are allegations unless resolved against the company. The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Walmart in the glucosamine labeling case, while filings and legal summaries show more recent fish oil and garcinia challenges. Pattern calculation: three product-specific label challenges across a 443-product line is less than 1 percent of listed products, but the issues concern core label trust. I applied 40 percent of a -15 misleading-label concern, final -6, with mixed recency and litigation-status mitigation. 27323334 mixed: 2018 to 2024 cases, with 2023 and 2024 court activity emphasized · 75% weight
— Not scored No verified COA request response, batch lookup portal, full contract-manufacturer list, facility certification list, or ingredient country-of-origin map was found.
Safety baseline 90 75 Adequate
−9 Voluntary recall for potential mold contamination in Spring Valley Biotin and Collagen Liquid. The recall was initiated December 1, 2023, involved 24,324 units, and covered named lot codes. No adverse events were mentioned in the Food Poisoning Bulletin summary, but potential mold contamination is a legitimate safety issue. Base voluntary serious recall penalty selected at -12, 2 to 5 year recency weight at 75 percent, final -9. 123 December 2023 recall, 2 to 5 years old as of July 1, 2026 · 75% weight
−6 Multiple class action label and health-claim lawsuits or complaints affect the safety and regulatory track record, but most concern labeling or advertising rather than confirmed physical harm. The glucosamine case was resolved in Walmart's favor by the Ninth Circuit, while garcinia and fish oil complaints alleged unsupported or misleading claims. Pattern and status calculation: start with low end class-action penalty -15, apply 40 percent for product-specific label allegations and mixed outcomes, final -6. 27323334 mixed 2018 to 2024 litigation history, with recent 2024 fish oil filings and 2023 appellate decision · 75% weight
+0 No Spring Valley-specific FDA warning letter was found in the searches reviewed. FDA warning-letter pages and health fraud database searches were checked, but absence of a found warning is not proof of perfect compliance. Per rubric, this is neutral rather than a clean-record bonus because the brand had a 2023 recall and label litigation history. 3738 current FDA sources reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+0 Zinc 50 mg daily exceeds the NIH ODS adult upper limit of 40 mg per day. This is not a reported adverse event or recall, so I did not treat it as a safety incident. It is noted as an unsupervised-use caution and not scored here because it was already scored as a formulation dose concern. 1122 current label and NIH ODS reference reviewed in 2026 · full weight
— Not scored FDA Enforcement Report classification details for the 2023 mold recall were not fully available in the browsed public snippets. Full court dockets for the garcinia and fish oil cases may contain later procedural updates not captured in the sources reviewed.
Value baseline 50 80 Strong
+24 Spring Valley is substantially below market on sampled commodity products while maintaining clear label amounts. Example: Spring Valley Vitamin D3 2,000 IU 400 count was 2.2 cents per count versus Nature Made 2,000 IU 100 count at 7.0 cents per count on the Walmart comparison page. Spring Valley Zinc 50 mg was 1.9 cents per count, B12 value size was 2.9 cents per count, and melatonin value size was 2.9 cents per count. Pattern: at least 4 sampled high-volume commodity products were materially below mainstream comparables or market examples, so I awarded +24 within the +20 to +30 below-market 20 percent-plus range. 1121252935 current Walmart pricing reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+6 Transparent retail pricing and no hidden mandatory subscription found in sampled Walmart listings. Listings clearly show one-time prices, unit prices, optional subscription language, and free 90-day returns on many pages. Awarded +6, the low end of transparent-pricing positive range, because this reflects Walmart retail transparency rather than a brand-specific pricing policy. 91011122931 current Walmart pricing reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+0 Low prices are only partly offset by the lack of public COAs and third-party certification. Because Spring Valley is budget-positioned rather than premium-priced, I did not apply the premium-without-justification penalty. This is neutral, not a score change. 681531 current evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
— Not scored Prices can change rapidly by store, shipping location, multipack, rollback, and marketplace seller. This review used Walmart online prices visible in the crawled pages and did not include in-store price checks.
Sentiment baseline 60 66 Mixed
+10 High Walmart review ratings and volume across sampled products. The Spring Valley brand shop and product pages show many products with 4.7 to 4.8 star ratings and thousands of reviews, including melatonin, B12, ashwagandha, zinc, magnesium, vitamin D3, and other products. Walmart reviews are platform-native and may include variable review quality, so I awarded +10, comparable to the rubric's high marketplace-rating factor but not the maximum. 91112252931 current Walmart review evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
+5 Large retail adoption and best-seller status. Walmart lists Spring Valley as a 420-product vitamins and supplements brand presence, with multiple best-seller or overall-pick labels in the sampled pages. This indicates broad mainstream adoption, but not the same as expert or practitioner endorsement. Awarded +5 as a limited community-adoption positive. 53142 current retail evidence reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−6 Off-platform sentiment is mixed to negative where visible. PissedConsumer showed 157 Spring Valley Vitamins reviews with an average 2.2 rating and complaints about packaging, counts, variable quality, and refund or service issues. Because this is a complaint-oriented platform and not a representative survey, I applied 50 percent of a -12 low-review-platform penalty, final -6. 43 current complaint page reviewed in 2026 · full weight
−3 Reddit sentiment located in this review was cautious rather than enthusiastic. A Supplements subreddit post framed the brand as super cheap but raised concerns about dosage accuracy, ingredients, contamination, and lack of independent lab verification. Low thread volume and limited comments mean this is a small negative signal, so I applied -3. 44 recent Reddit thread captured in search result, reviewed in 2026 · full weight
— Not scored No representative survey of Spring Valley users was found. Reddit evidence was sparse, BBB evidence could not be cleanly isolated to the supplement brand, and Walmart review authenticity was not independently audited.

Best for

  • Budget-conscious Walmart shoppers buying simple, commodity supplements such as Vitamin D3, Vitamin C, B12, magnesium, or occasional melatonin, after checking dose appropriateness [^9][^20][^23][^25][^29][^35].
  • Users who value low cost and convenient pickup more than public COAs, disclosed sourcing, USP verification, NSF certification, or practitioner-grade positioning [^6][^8][^15][^31].
  • Shoppers who can independently verify whether a product's dose is appropriate for them and who are willing to avoid higher-risk categories such as aggressive weight-management claims or unclear botanicals [^22][^27][^28].

Skip if

  • You need athlete-safe supplements with NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport, or similar banned-substance certification. I did not find Spring Valley certification in the reviewed official listings [^8].
  • You require batch-specific COAs, public heavy-metal results, manufacturer facility names, or full sourcing transparency before buying [^15][^16][^36].
  • You are choosing a supplement for pregnancy, a medical condition, long-term high-dose zinc, fish oil for heart-risk management, or complex botanicals without clinician guidance [^22][^26][^27][^30][^32].

Questions

What shoppers ask about Spring Valley supplements

Is Spring Valley a reputable brand for supplements?

Spring Valley is a real, widely sold Walmart private-label supplement brand, not an obscure online-only seller. It is reputable for low-cost basic supplements and broad availability, but it does not show the same verification profile as brands with public COAs, USP Verified products, or NSF certification, and it has had a product-specific mold recall and label-related lawsuits 1681831.

What is the Spring Valley vitamins lawsuit?

There is not just one Spring Valley vitamins lawsuit. Public records and legal summaries include glucosamine labeling litigation, where the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Walmart, plus garcinia and fish oil cases alleging misleading weight-management or heart-health claims. These are allegations or mixed-outcome legal matters, not proof that Walmart committed fraud 27323334.

Why are Spring Valley vitamins so cheap?

Spring Valley is cheap because it is Walmart's budget private-label line, sold through Walmart's own retail system at large scale. Current Walmart pages show very low per-count pricing, such as Spring Valley Vitamin D3 2,000 IU at 2.2 cents per count versus Nature Made at 7.0 cents per count on the comparison page, but the tradeoff is weaker public verification than USP or NSF certified brands 183135.

What is the #1 most trustworthy vitamin company?

There is no single universally accepted number one most trustworthy vitamin company because trust depends on the product category and what you value. For verification, look first for product-specific USP Verified, NSF Certified, NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport, or credible independent testing, because those seals are more meaningful than brand popularity alone 681536.

Is Spring Valley a reputable brand of vitamins?

Spring Valley is reputable in the sense that it is a long-running, high-volume Walmart brand with many highly rated products, but it is not a top-transparency or premium-certification brand based on the evidence reviewed. It can be reasonable for basic budget vitamins if the dose fits your needs, but skip it if you require batch COAs, athlete-safe certification, or practitioner-grade sourcing disclosure 59153135.

Sources

  1. 1. Spring Valley Biotin and Collagen Liquid Recalled Due to Mold (2024)
  2. 2. Spring Valley Biotin and Collagen Liquid Recalled For Possible Mold (2024)
  3. 3. FDA Dashboards: Recalls (2026)
  4. 4. Screening for consistency and contamination within and between bottles of popular herbal supplements (2021)
  5. 5. NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database: Spring Valley brand products (2026)
  6. 6. USP Verified Products (2026)
  7. 7. USP Verified Products list with brands shown (2026)
  8. 8. NSF Certified Dietary Supplements listing search (2026)
  9. 9. Spring Valley Vitamin D3 Softgels 50 mcg 2,000 IU 200 Count (2026)
  10. 10. Spring Valley Proactive Support Omega-3 Fish Oil Softgels 1000 mg 180 Count (2026)
  11. 11. Spring Valley Zinc 50 mg 200 Count (2026)
  12. 12. Spring Valley Extra Strength Probiotic 10 Billion CFU 60 Count (2026)
  13. 13. Spring Valley Reviews by ConsumerLab.com (2026)
  14. 14. Best Turmeric and Curcumin Supplements and Spices According to ConsumerLab Tests (2023)
  15. 15. Quality Supplements FAQ: What USP Verified means (2026)
  16. 16. Spring Valley About Us (2026)
  17. 17. ConsumerLab Tests Find Best and Worst Fish Oil Supplements (2023)
  18. 18. SPRING VALLEY Trademark record owned by Walmart Apollo, LLC (2026)
  19. 19. Spring Valley Calcium Magnesium Zinc plus Vitamin D3 250 Count (2026)
  20. 20. Spring Valley Magnesium Glycinate 200 mg Capsules 60 Count (2026)
  21. 21. NIH ODS Vitamin D Fact Sheet for Consumers (2026)
  22. 22. NIH ODS Zinc Fact Sheet for Consumers (2026)
  23. 23. Spring Valley Vitamin C with Rose Hips 1000 mg 250 Count (2026)
  24. 24. Spring Valley Ultra Strength Turmeric Curcumin 1500 mg 90 Count (2026)
  25. 25. Spring Valley Vitamin B12 Timed-Release 1000 mcg 60 Count (2026)
  26. 26. NIH ODS Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fact Sheet for Consumers (2026)
  27. 27. Bolden et al. v. Walmart, Inc. complaint on Spring Valley Garcinia Cambogia (2022)
  28. 28. NCCIH Turmeric: Usefulness and Safety (2026)
  29. 29. Spring Valley Melatonin product category at Walmart (2026)
  30. 30. NCCIH Melatonin: What You Need To Know (2026)
  31. 31. Spring Valley Brand Shop at Walmart (2026)
  32. 32. Magpayo v. Walmart Inc. Document 42 (2024)
  33. 33. Magpayo v. Walmart Inc. Order Granting Motion to Dismiss PDF (2024)
  34. 34. Hollins v. Walmart Inc. Ninth Circuit opinion PDF (2023)
  35. 35. Walmart 2000 IU Vitamin D3 comparison page (2026)
  36. 36. ConsumerLab: Trusting Certificates of Analysis from Supplement Manufacturers (2024)
  37. 37. FDA Warning Letters (2026)
  38. 38. FDA Health Fraud Product Database (2026)
  39. 39. Walmart Corporate Product Recalls (2026)
  40. 40. Walmart B12 1000 mcg supplement comparison page (2026)
  41. 41. Walmart CoQ10 200 mg supplement comparison page (2026)
  42. 42. Spring Valley vitamins and supplements Walmart category page (2026)
  43. 43. Spring Valley Vitamins reviews at PissedConsumer (2026)
  44. 44. Reddit discussion: How much interest do you have in Walmart's Spring Valley (2024)
  45. 45. ScienceInsights: Is Spring Valley a Good Vitamin Brand to Trust (2026)
  46. 46. VitaminBrands.org: Is Spring Valley a Good Brand of Vitamins (2025)
  47. 47. Better Business Bureau search (2026)

Recalibrated Jul 1, 2026 · 24 scored adjustments · 36 distinct citations across 47 sources

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