Apple Cider Vinegar has become one of the most revolutionary health care products. Even though the product is not a modern day medication, it has proven itself to be a reliable remedy for a number of health disorders. In a nation like India where people have grown up relying on household remedies, Apple Cider Vinegar easily gets the preference. Hence, we feel it is important to guide you in making the right choice and hence, we are reviewing some of the leading Apple Cider Vinegars in the country. Previously we gave you a detailed review of WOW ACV and HealthViva ACV and today, we will extract all the details for St. Botanica Apple Cider Vinegar.
Product Description
St. Botanica Apple Cider Vinegar, as the name suggests is a product rolled out by St. Botanica. It is a trending company when it comes to health care products and cosmetics, having a hold in 30 countries across the globe. Apple Cider Vinegar is one of their much-appreciated products in India. St. Botanica Apple Cider Vinegar is organic in nature with 5% of the original Mother of Vinegar retained. Made from fine quality ingredients, the product delivers a lot of health benefits especially, weight loss.
Ingredients
St. Botanica also has a variant of its ACV which has honey along with 5% mother of vinegar.
Nutrition
| Nutrition per 100 ml of St. Botanica ACV | |
| Sodium | 5.2 mg |
| Potassium | 63 mg |
| Carbohydrate | 2.8 gm |
| Phosphorus | 20.56 gm |
| Energy (kcal) | 8 |
‘5% acidity’ basically means that 5% of the ACV is Acetic acid. Hence, 500 ml will contain 25 ml of acetic acid. Most of the health benefits come from this mild acid.
Product Compare
| Product | Volume | Price on Amazon | Volume per dose | Organic
Yes or No |
Percent Acidity | Doses per pack | Price/ dose |
| St. Botanica Apple Cider Vinegar | 500 ml | Rs. 399 | 5 to 10 ml | Yes | 5% | 100 to 50 | Rs. 4-8/ dose |
| WOW Apple Cider Vinegar | 750 ml | Rs. 599 | 5 to 15 ml | Yes | 4% | 150 to 50 | Rs. 4-12 /dose |
| Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar | 473 ml | Rs. 770 | 15 ml | Yes | 5% | 31 | Rs. 24/dose |
When it comes to pricing, Bragg still stands out as the priciest of the lot. St. Botanica and WOW ACVs are equally priced. Looking at the prices, you get the slight upper hand of 5% ACV with St. Botanica.
St. Botanica is also available as a combo pack – 2 x 500 ml bottles are available for Rs. 699 only.
St. Botanica gives you a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. Hence, if at all you have any complaints with the product, you can return the unopened product and get a complete refund.
Note: The product MRP is Rs. 499. However, Amazon is selling it right now at a Sale price of Rs 399. The same price is being reflected on St. Botanica’s portal.
How to use St. Botanica ACV?
St. Botanica recommends having 5 to 10 ml of the Apple Cider Vinegar diluted with about 1 cup of water. Have this mixture in the morning on an empty stomach. You can have it before other meals too. If you do not want to have it with water, you can add it to a salad as a dressing.
Note: The product needs to be consumed within 45 days from the date of opening the bottle. Discard the unused product after 45 days.
Health Benefits
St. Botanica’s website has listed down the following benefits for its Apple Cider Vinegar.
- It acts a health tonic
- Helps in weight management
- Manages starch absorption hence, useful in managing diabetes
- Acts as a great detoxifying agent
- Beneficial for skin care – controls skin oil, prevents acne, blemishes etc.
- Good for hair care
- Keeps you energetic and strengthens immunity
Now we know what this ACV does from the manufacturer’s perspective. Let us now see what the product actually does from the users’ perspective.
The good about this
Botanica ACV has helped users in getting healthy and dandruff free hair.
- A user mentioned that she had been using St. Botanica ACV once every three days and just after three weeks, it helped her to get rid of dandruff effectively. It also helped her with hair fall. She used an ACV-wash right after shampooing her hair and it gave her great results. She found St. Botanica to be a “Cheap and effective way to get awesome hair.”
- Another user mentioned that she had completed one full bottle of ACV and even though she did not experience results internally, her hair had become softer and bouncier. Even her skin had responded amazingly.The oiliness of her skin had reduced.
Botanica has been helping people in fulfilling their dream of having a great skin:
- A user mentioned that St. Botanica ACV was an amazing product and a “Complete package of benefits.” This user was taking 5 ml of ACV diluted with water on an empty stomach each day and it helped her in detoxifying her body, giving her a clear complexion. It also helped her with her weight loss.
Weight loss aspirers are having a great time with St. Botanica ACV. Here is what a couple of users have shared:
- A user exclaimed that it was an amazing product and he could see the effect in just a week.
- Another user who was taking ACV three times in a day, an hour before every meal, mentioned that ACV was “Very effective in fat burning.”
- One more user supported St. Botanica’s weight losing trait by saying that it was a “very good add-on for weight loss.” He had gifted it to her cousin and she had lost considerable weight by using the product regularly.
People who look for an overall health booster also look quite pleased with St. Botanica ACV. Here is what the users have shared:
- A user mentioned that ACV tasted good and he felt better after taking ACV regularly. He also stated that “My digestive track is happier now.”
- One more user who had been on ACV since quite some time stated that his digestive problems had lessened and even his acidity had reduced.
The bad about this
While its effectiveness is being experienced, there are always users who do not see any results. Here are a few such cases:
- A user who was taking St. Botanica ACV regularly mentioned that he had not experienced any benefit and had not seen any positive result for his hair.
- Another tormented user mentioned that the ACV “Tastes very bad” and he had not seen any difference in spite of taking it on an empty stomach.
- One more user mentioned that the product was not effective enough.
While the product is 100 percent vegetarian and of superior quality as claimed, there were some users who faced a weird quality issue. Here are the few cases:
- One user mentioned that there was “Something Black” in his product.
- Another user mentioned that the product was full of chemicals and it had “Turned into black color.”
- One more user said that he had purchased two bottles of St. Botanic ACV but he was regretting it. He said that the product had an artificial smell and just after a week, “It turned black.”
- One user went ahead and declared that the product contained preservatives and it “turned black after a few days.”
To be honest, we do not understand what it means by the product turned black. An ACV is not supposed to contain any preservative or any other chemical that could turn black over time. It could be that the product was not stored as recommended by the seller or may be by the user that led to the product being deteriorated. Well, this is what we think, we can only assume here! Talking about the effectiveness, well, it is entirely an individual trait. Whether or not you will get the same results as the users here, is something no one can comment on. You are different, your body is different and so your experiences will differ too! We have analyzed the user reviews thoroughly, and about 21 percent users have had a negative experience. Around 79 percent have experienced great results. Hence, we will say that the product is definitely worth a try.
Based on the product facts and the user feedbacks, this is our overall review for St. Botanica Apple cider Vinegar.
- Ingredients: St. Botanica sources all the apple juice required from Himalayan apples for the production and uses high grade yeast for fermentation. All the ingredients are of high quality and 100 percent vegetarian. The product is manufactured as per Good Manufacturing Practices i.e. the unit is GMP certified.
- Pricing: The product is definitely well priced. One bottle of Rs. 399 gives you 50 to 100 doses. With a dose of 10 ml a day, one bottle will easily last for 45 days. With the combo back, this product becomes even more lucrative.
- Availability: The product is available in almost all the leading online stores. It can also be purchased through St. Botanica’s own web portal. The pricing is almost the same on all.
- Organic: The product contains original Mother of Vinegar that has been diluted to 5 percent acidity using fresh distilled water and hence is organic in nature.
- A user has mentioned that St. Botanica is the “The perfect apple cider vinegar.” It had the typical cloudy color that a raw ACV is supposed to have.
- Another user mentioned that the product had the Mother of Vinegar as described.
- Benefits: As expected from an ACV, this product too packs in all the benefits ACV could offer. Right from weight management to treating skin and scalp conditions, the product brings a lot of benefits for the users in a very simple and reasonable way.
- Efficacy: We have already seen that 80% of the users are enjoying all the mentioned benefits. St. Botanica ACV is therefore indeed an effective product.
- Side Effects: We surely read through and through users complaining about the product not working. However, we did not come across any user complaining about any side effect post its usage. Hence, it can be safely assumed that the product is pretty safe for consumption.
A few of the flaws that could be pointed out are:
- Package: Just like WOW, St. Botanica too has used plastic for packaging. Plastic as a packaging is not deemed faithful by the users.
- One user mentioned that the entire product was excellent except for the packaging that was done in plastic.
- Longevity: A bottle once opened will last only for 45 days. This can be a problem for people who want to have only 5 ml a day. With a serving of 5 ml, the bottle would last for 100 days. However, you cannot use the remaining product after 45 days meaning that you will have to deliberately use 10 ml a day or discard almost half the product after 45 days.
