LIFESTYLE
What a multivitamin costs in South Africa
20 May 2026 · 5 min read
Multivitamins in South Africa run from roughly R80 to well past R1,000 for a month. That range is wide enough to be useless on its own, because the products inside it are not doing the same job and the packs are not the same size.
There is one calculation that makes them comparable.
Work out the cost per day
Take the price. Divide by the number of daily doses in the pack, not the number of capsules. Those are different numbers whenever a dose is more than one capsule, and that difference is where a lot of apparent value goes to die.
A R180 bottle of 60 capsules looks like sixty days. If the dose is two capsules, it is thirty days, and the real figure is R6.00 a day rather than R3.00.
What the ranges actually contain
- Under R5 a day: usually a single-tablet formula built to a price, with nutrients in their cheapest forms such as magnesium oxide and cyanocobalamin.
- R5 to R15 a day: the pharmacy middle, where forms start to improve unevenly. Some nutrients are upgraded, others are not, and the label is where you find out which.
- Above R15 a day: formulations specified on form rather than cost, usually with a larger dose and a fuller panel.
None of these bands is right or wrong. They are answers to different questions. The mistake is comparing a price from one band to a product from another and concluding something about value.
Where MUTI sits
MUTI DAILY is R749 for a 30-day supply, which is R24.97 a day. The 90-day supply is R1,999, or R22.21 a day. The 180-day supply is R3,499, which works out to R19.44 a day.
Delivery is complimentary across South Africa on every order, so the price on the page is the price at checkout. There is no subscription and nothing recurring. A supply length is a length of supply, not a billing plan.
The honest caveat
Cost per day tells you what you are paying. It does not tell you what you are getting, and no single number can. Read it next to the panel, the forms and the dose size, and it becomes useful. Read it alone and it is just a smaller price.
COMMON QUESTIONS
- How much does a multivitamin cost per day in South Africa?
- Most fall between R3 and R25 a day. Budget single-tablet formulas sit under R5, pharmacy brands land between R5 and R15, and formulations specified on nutrient form rather than cost sit above R15.
- How much does MUTI DAILY cost?
- R749 for 30 days, R1,999 for 90 days and R3,499 for 180 days. That is R24.97, R22.21 and R19.44 per day. Delivery across South Africa is complimentary on every order.
- Is MUTI a subscription?
- No. Every purchase is one payment for one supply. Nothing renews automatically.
Written by MUTI. This journal is about habits and design. It is not health, nutritional or medical advice, and it makes no claims about what any supplement does. Speak to a healthcare professional about your own circumstances.
