, tasty lemon flavour tablets, popular with both adults & kids, naturally sweetened with fos helps calcium absorption, with vitamin d 5µg per 2 tablets (100% nrv)these tasty lemon flavoured tablets are an easy way to take calcium providing a full 400mg of calcium per tablet together with 1 gram of fos (fructo-oligosaccharides) a special type of sweet soluble fibre. most manufacturers use sugar in their chewable formulas but we've added fos to enhance the pleasant sweet taste. fos is a natural material extracted from chicory roots that does not cause tooth decay. it is known to encourage our own friendly bacteria in the bowel & early studies indicate that this may help to improve our absorption of calcium from the gut. recent research has highlighted the importance of vitamin d & two tablets provides 5µg of vitamin d 100% of the rda.this is a great product for children who need extra calcium but hate taking tablets or indeed anyone who finds swallowing tablets difficult.many people’s diets provide insufficient levels of calcium & teenagers in particular fail to consume adequate calcium from diet alone & a quarter of the uk’s 4 year olds have intakes below the rni. calcium intakes for girls & women are critical because achieving optimum bone density by the age of 30 has been shown to help keep bones strong in old age.