Force Factor Total Beets Soft Chews: Should You Buy Instead of Beet Powder?
Force Factor Total Beets is beet nitrate in chewable candy form, not powder you have to mix and grimace through. Works by the same principle as beet juice before a run: expands blood vessels, slightly lowers blood pressure, makes it easier to breathe during cardio. Don't expect a gym explosion of strength—this isn't pre-workout and not a coffee replacement, it's a quiet daily supplement for endurance and cardiovascular support.
If you've ever tried to drink beet juice or powder on an empty stomach—you know that taste of earth and beet that makes you want to chase it with anything not-beet. Enter Force Factor: they take that same beet with nitrates, stuff it in chewable candy with berry flavor—and you swallow it in five seconds instead of gagging through five minutes of reddish liquid that tastes like a garden.
The idea isn't new—beet nitrate has been an amateur athlete favorite for a decade, because your body turns nitrates into nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessel walls. Less resistance to blood flow—the heart pumps easier, muscles get oxygen easier. Classics here are Beet It juice, which half the amateur triathlon crowd lives on, or powders like BEETelite. Total Beets Soft Chews comes from another angle: not liquid but chewable, and adds L-citrulline (also plays on the nitric oxide team, just different route) plus grape seed extract—that's more about antioxidants and long-term vessel health than immediate speed boost.
What it actually does in life
Honesty is important here. This isn't a product where you feel "wow" twenty minutes later like with caffeine. Beet nitrate effect is cumulative and soft: after a few days of regular use, someone notices on a jog that it doesn't "burn" at the same tempo, or breathing calms faster after stairs. This is backed up by tons of exercise physiology research, and that's exactly why nitrate-beet stuff is one of the rare "natural" ergogenic aids that actually has science, not just marketing.
But caveat: effect depends on nitrate dose, and chewable forms often have less nitrate per serving than concentrated juice or powder, because the candy has to taste edible and not crumble. So if your goal is a specific race-day advantage, concentrated shot of beet juice hours before the event probably works more reliably. But if your goal is background support of blood pressure and stamina in someone who trains for health not medals, this format wins exactly because it's actually doable to take daily without retching.
Bonus nobody mentions—no need for water or shaker. Toss a few in your bag, eat on the way to training or before a long meeting where you need to stay calm (joke, but only halfway). For people who refuse to swallow capsules or have a gag reflex to powder supplements, this genuinely removes the barrier to taking it regularly.
Downside is sugar. Chewable form almost always means sweetener or glucose syrup in the recipe, so if you count carbs carefully (diabetes, keto, just discipline), check the label before committing, not after. Another point: lower nitrate dose means effects might be softer than people expect after reading about beet juice miracles.
What to compare it to
Main rival isn't another beet chew brand but completely different format—capsule nitrate or straight beet powder. Capsules are cheaper per dose of nitrate, require swallowing several and rinsing with water, less convenient in a rush. Powder gives the highest predictable dose but demands equipment and tolerance for taste. Chews Force Factor—compromise in favor of convenience, losing a bit on dose but gaining on the fact that you'll actually take it daily instead of abandoning it after week two.
Compare to "just eat beets"—sure, fresh beet works, cheaper. But realistically, nobody's cooking and eating beets daily, while popping a chew takes five seconds. That's where supplement wins not on chemistry but on habit.
Who should buy and who shouldn't
Get it if you train for endurance (running, cycling, swimming), track blood pressure and want gentle support without stimulants, or just hate powder supplements and need something that's actually doable to take consistently. Especially if you tried beet juice before and quit—here's your second chance in a different format.
Skip if you take blood pressure meds or blood thinners (consult your doctor—combinations could get too strong), planning a specific race where you need maximum predictable pre-event dose (juice or powder is more reliable), or looking for explosive gym strength—this isn't that product, look at creatine or caffeine.
Price sits around $14.98 on the official offer, plus shipping and import duties to your country—factor these in before ordering. Not huge money, but not the product to stock up on bulk without first confirming the format works for you.
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Not worse, just different. Powder and juice usually have higher nitrate per serving, but chews you actually eat daily without forcing yourself. If you only use it when you remember—chews win even at lower dose because consistency matters more than peak amount.
No, that's not what this is. Nitric oxide from beet nitrate builds over days of use, noticeable effect on endurance or breathing comes around day three to five, not in twenty minutes.
Race-day pre-event—juice or concentrated shot is more reliable for guaranteed dose. Daily background support between races—chews win on the fact that you'll actually keep taking them, even if dose is slightly lower.
Technically they don't conflict directly, but the point differs—caffeine and nitrates work through different systems and different goals (stimulation vs. vessel relaxation). Caffeine still hits harder, so why dilute focus by mixing.
If this format didn't click or want to explore other daily body support—check probiotics and ashwagandha in our collection.
