Sanostol Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron - 230 ml

Sanostol Multi-Vitamin plus Iron syrup, 230 ml, for ages 6 and over

Sanostol plus Iron is a German multivitamin syrup with iron added, taken as a single 10 ml spoonful a day. It carries nine vitamins plus iron, it is intended for children from 6 years as well as adolescents and adults, and this is the 230 ml bottle, which holds about 23 daily doses. It is a food supplement, not a medicine.

This is the iron version of the classic Sanostol syrup, in the smaller of its two bottles. The iron is the whole reason it exists separately. Sanostol's case for it is growth: through a growth phase, and particularly through puberty, iron requirements rise, and a diet that was adequate before may not keep up with them.

The nine vitamins are vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, niacin and pantothenic acid, which is the same nine as the classic syrup and at the same amounts. The addition is 3.3 mg of iron per 10 ml dose, as iron gluconate, which is 24 percent of the European reference amount.

At 230 ml this is the bottle to buy first. Twenty-three doses is about three weeks, which is long enough to find out whether a child will take a daily spoonful of it and short enough that you have not committed to six weeks of a syrup nobody likes. If it goes down well, the 460 ml bottle is the same product at twice the volume.

The flavour base is orange and grapefruit juice concentrates with orange oil, the same as the classic. Unlike the classic, this bottle is not sweetened with sugar: it is built on sorbitol with the sweetener acesulfame K. It does contain a malt extract made from BARLEY, so it is not suitable if you are avoiding gluten.

Who this bottle is and is not for

The age on this product is 6 years and over, which is three years later than the classic Sanostol syrup, and the iron is the reason. One 10 ml spoonful is the same measure for a six-year-old, a fifteen-year-old and an adult, so a single bottle serves a household, though at 230 ml it serves one person for about three weeks rather than a family for long.

It is not for children under 6. The dose does not scale down, and an iron supplement is not something to give a younger child on the assumption that less of it is proportionally safe. For a child from 3 years who needs vitamins rather than iron, Sanostol Multi-Vitamin, 460 ml is the right bottle, and for a child from 1 year, Multi-Sanostol Syrup, 300 g is dosed differently again.

It is also worth separating the two reasons people buy this. If the concern is a thin diet in general, a vitamin syrup is the straightforward answer and the iron is incidental. If the concern is iron specifically, that is a question worth asking a doctor rather than answering with a bottle, because iron status is something that can be measured and a supplement is not a substitute for knowing the number. Sanostol's own position is that a food supplement does not replace a varied and balanced diet.

Dosage and how to give it

Daily amount by age

The nine vitamins and the iron, and how much is in a spoonful

These are the amounts in one 10 ml dose, with each shown as a percentage of the European daily reference amount. The dose is identical in the 230 ml and the 460 ml bottle, so these figures are the same for both. Vitamin D is the one at 100 percent, the other vitamins sit between 42 and 75 percent, and the iron is the lowest proportion in the table at 24 percent.

Reference amounts are those of the Food Information Ordinance, as stated for this product. RE is retinol equivalent, TE is tocopherol equivalent and NE is niacin equivalent. The milligram amount for vitamin C is not legible in the manufacturer's own published table for this product, so no figure is given for it here; its percentage of the reference amount is published as 75 percent. The nutrition panel printed on the bottle you receive is the complete figure set and governs.

What the label says these do

The iron is the nutrient this bottle is bought for, and Sanostol states two recognized roles for it: in children, iron contributes to normal cognitive development, and in adults it is needed for the formation of red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body. Vitamin C is worth reading alongside it, because vitamin C increases the absorption of iron from the same intake.

The remaining nutrients are listed above with their amounts, without function statements, because no function claim is published for them on this product.

Allergen and what to check

Three things in the panel are worth knowing before you buy. The first is the barley-derived malt extract above. The second is how it is sweetened: this bottle is not the sugar recipe, and runs on sorbitol with acesulfame K as the sweetener, which is also what sits behind Sanostol's laxative notice. The third is that the flavour base is fruit juice concentrate rather than an added flavouring: orange juice concentrate and grapefruit juice concentrate, with orange oil.

• Nine vitamins plus iron
• 3.3 mg iron per dose
• Measuring spoon included
• One dose a day, from 6 years
• About 23 doses per bottle
• Orange and grapefruit juice base
• Not sweetened with sugar
• A food supplement, not a medicine
• Contains BARLEY, so gluten

Check the label on the bottle you receive before first use, and keep to the dose printed on it if it differs from anything here.

How many doses a 230 ml bottle holds

A syrup dosed once a day is easy to plan, because the arithmetic is one division.

Sanostol plus Iron is made in 230 ml and 460 ml bottles, and both are sold here. One person taking one dose a day empties this 230 ml bottle in about 23 days, so it is the size to start on. If it suits, the 460 ml bottle is the same syrup at twice the doses.

Doses are calculated from the stated 10 ml daily amount and the bottle volume, and the arithmetic is shown so you can check it. No 780 ml bottle is made of the iron version; that size exists for the classic syrup only. This product's own page does not state a shelf life after opening, so follow the date and the opened storage note printed on your bottle.

Product highlights

• Nine vitamins plus iron
• German multivitamin syrup
• 230 ml bottle
• 10 ml daily dose
• Measuring spoon included
• About 23 doses per bottle
• For ages 6 and over
• Same dose for adults
• 3.3 mg iron, as iron gluconate
• Vitamin D at 100% reference
• Not sweetened with sugar
• Contains BARLEY, so gluten

Frequently asked questions

The rest of the Sanostol range

• Sanostol Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron, 460 mlThe same syrup in the larger bottle, 46 daily doses.
• Sanostol Multi-Vitamin, 460 mlThe same nine vitamins without iron, from 3 years.
• Sanostol Multi-Vitamin Without Added SugarThe without added sugar version, also from 3 years.
• Sanostol Multivitamin 780 ml, Family SizeThe classic syrup in the largest bottle, 78 daily doses.
• Multi-Sanostol Syrup, 300 gThe preparation for younger children, dosed from 1 year.
• Sanostol Multivitamin Lozenges, 75 piecesA chewable form instead of a syrup.

Rebuilt from a legacy body that carried inline styling and no ingredient panel, nutrition table, dosage table or allergen statement. Written from Sanostol's own published product information for Sanostol plus Eisen on sanostol.de, which supplies the ingredient panel, the per-10-ml nutrition figures, the 3.3 mg of iron as iron gluconate, the 10 ml daily dose for children from 6 years, adolescents and adults, the two bottle sizes, and the three notices reproduced above. The iron and vitamin C function statements are the recognized European wordings for those nutrients as Sanostol states them. The milligram amount for vitamin C is not legible in the manufacturer's own table and is therefore left out rather than taken from the sibling product. The vitamin A caution for pregnancy is labeled as general practice, because it is published for the classic syrup rather than for this bottle. The 230 ml pack size is taken from the product itself, and dose counts are arithmetic on the stated 10 ml dose and the bottle volume. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.