What is the best supplement for weight loss?
VH Life is not one, and it makes no weight claim. The register does hold weight claims for specific things: glucomannan in the context of an energy restricted diet contributes to weight loss, at 3g a day, and meal replacements have their own claims. UK law bans health claims that refer to the rate or amount of weight loss. The nearest wording VH Life carries is about metabolism, such as chromium, biotin and zinc for normal macronutrient metabolism, which is not about losing weight. The NHS Weight Loss Plan app is free.
What does the NHS say?
The NHS offers a free 12-week plan through its NHS Weight Loss Plan app, with advice on healthier choices, portion sizes and calories. Source: NHS: Better Health, lose weight.
Which authorised claims come closest?
In Great Britain a food or supplement may only make health claims that are on the GB register, worded as registered, for nutrients at 15% of the NRV or more per portion. These are the registered claims that touch this question and apply to VH Life:
| Nutrient, in one sachet | Authorised claim, as registered |
|---|---|
| Biotin, 1,000µg, 2,000% NRV | Biotin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism Biotin contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism |
| Calcium, 164mg, 20.5% NRV | Calcium contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Chromium, 100µg, 250% NRV | Chromium contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism |
| Copper, 1mg, 100% NRV | Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Iodine, 150µg, 100% NRV | Iodine contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Magnesium, 65mg, 17.3% NRV | Magnesium contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Manganese, 3mg, 150% NRV | Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Niacin, 16mg, 100% NRV | Niacin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Pantothenic acid, 12mg, 200% NRV | Pantothenic acid contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Riboflavin, 1.4mg, 100% NRV | Riboflavin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Thiamine, 1.1mg, 100% NRV | Thiamine contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Vitamin B12, 250µg, well above 15% NRV | Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Vitamin B6, 1.4mg, 100% NRV | Vitamin B6 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Vitamin C, 900mg, 1,125% NRV | Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism |
| Zinc, 15mg, 150% NRV | Zinc contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism |
Health claims apply as part of a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle; the pattern of use is one sachet a day.
Where does VH Life fit?
VH Life is a UK-made food supplement: one 11.8g berry sachet a day in cold water, with 87 active ingredients including 26 vitamins and minerals with declared amounts. It carries the claims above because it provides those nutrients at qualifying levels; it makes no claim beyond them. On subscription VH Life is £49.99 for 28 sachets every 4 weeks, which works out at £1.79 a day. There is also a 7-day trial (7 sachets, £12.99, one per customer) and one box of 14 sachets for £34.99, with free UK delivery. See the full label or the ingredients index.
If you take any medicine, ask your GP or pharmacist first. If you take warfarin, ask your anticoagulant clinic first: the sachet contains vitamin K, cranberry, co-enzyme Q10, ginkgo, turmeric and ginseng.
Questions people also ask
Does VH Life help you lose weight?
No, and it may not claim to. It is a food supplement with no weight claim.
Is green tea extract a fat burner?
Green tea has no authorised GB health claim. VH Life contains green tea leaf extract, named on the box without an amount, and makes no claim for it.
What does 'energy-yielding metabolism' mean?
It is the register's wording for the normal processes that release energy from food. Twelve nutrients in VH Life carry that claim. It does not mean more energy, and it does not mean weight loss.
Related
Sources
- Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register, 19 May 2026 edition.
- NHS: Better Health, lose weight, accessed 3 November 2026.
- The VH Life box, 7 October 2026 print.
Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. One sachet a day. Do not exceed the recommended intake. Not suitable for children, adolescents, or pregnant or breastfeeding women. VH Life is a food supplement, not a medicine. If symptoms persist, see your GP or pharmacist.