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title: "NOW Foods Supplements, Melatonin 5 mg, Free Radical Scavenger*, Healthy Sleep Cycle*, 60 Veg Capsules"
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# 5 mg Melatonin dose 60 vegetarian capsules Potent free radical scavenger NOW Foods Supplements, Melatonin 5 mg, Free Radical Scavenger*, Healthy Sleep Cycle*, 60 Veg Capsules

**Brand:** now foods
**Price:** € 10.32
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌙 Unlock your best night’s sleep with nature’s own sleep hack!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** NOW Foods Supplements, Melatonin 5 mg, Free Radical Scavenger*, Healthy Sleep Cycle*, 60 Veg Capsules by now foods
- **How much does it cost?** € 10.32 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- now foods enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted now foods brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Easy & Natural:** Small, unflavored vegetarian capsules dissolve quickly with zero aftertaste—perfect for your busy lifestyle.
- • **Clean & Trusted:** GMP-certified, allergen-free, vegan capsules from a family-owned USA brand since 1968—quality you can count on.
- • **Sleep Like a Pro:** Clinically effective 5 mg melatonin to naturally regulate your sleep/wake cycle and boost rest quality.
- • **Antioxidant Armor:** Powerful free radical scavenger that supports brain and cellular health by neutralizing oxidative stress.
- • **Gut & Immune Harmony:** Supports a healthy gastrointestinal lining and immune system balance for holistic wellness.

## Overview

NOW Foods Melatonin 5 mg offers a potent, natural sleep aid that not only regulates your sleep cycle but also acts as a powerful antioxidant and supports gastrointestinal and immune health. Packaged in vegan capsules and manufactured under strict GMP standards in the USA, this trusted supplement delivers 60 easy-to-take servings designed for the modern professional seeking restorative rest and overall wellness.

## Description

Free Radical Scavenger* Gastrointestinal Support* Melatonin is a potent free radical scavenger naturally produced in the pineal gland and present in high amounts in the gastrointestinal tract.* It is involved in many of the body, brain and glandular biological functions including regulation of normal sleep/wake cycles, regulation of the immune system and maintenance of a healthy gastrointestinal lining.* Natural color variation may occur in this product.

Review: Works Good for Me! - I've been taking this Melatonin 5 mg. for about a year. Before that I was taking a 3mg dose and I did find that upgrading to 5mg helped me fall asleep even better. I've also heard there is a promising research for Melatonin to be good for our health and not just our sleep so that's a bonus. I don't find that I can't sleep without this product so it isn't addicting. If I go off a night, I can still get to sleep and suffer no consequences. I have used many products by the NOW brand and I trust them to provide a quality product like they have in this case. The capsules aren't very big at all so they are easy to take with a swig of water.
Review: Vegetarian Melatonin in vegetarian capsules - Melatonin is derived either chemically/synthetically, extracted from a plant, or extracted from the brain of an animal. Most melatonin you find in walmart etc, is a synthetic melatonin. Synthetic melatonin is not identical in molecular structure to natural melatonin. Some chemicals like this, can do more harm than good in the long term. Just because this product is natural does not mean it should be used indiscriminately. In parts of Europe melatonin is a controlled substance that cannot be obtained without a prescription. It does work, it is a hormonal drug, and it is powerful. Your body can become less sensitive to melatonin and it's own melatonin production can decline with long term use over 2 months. Therefore it should be used with some discretion. Your body can also increase its sensitivity over time to melatonin and regain it's own production if supplementation is paused. How long that takes will depend on the person. Melatonin is a hormone that is produced by the pineal gland in mammals, which chemically interacts with your brain to help induce sleep. Melatonin levels with most people elevate when their eyes are exposed to darkness, increasing as their length of time in darkness increases. Some people, such as those diagnosed with ADD, or depression, or a SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor) , may have impaired uptake of melatonin, or their brains are not as efficient at using it, so a boost can be useful, especially in today's world where people keep lights on until 11pm. I have taken Dramamine, and Tylenol PM, and generic sleep pills in the past to go to sleep while people upstairs were being noisy even with my ear plugs in. The problem with those is they loose effectiveness overtime, and you can form a dependance on them. Since Dramamine is an antihistamine it drys out my sinus cavity, also it is not a very natural sleep, it knocks you out when you first use it, but like all antihistamines your body gets used to it over time and it looses its effect. Tylenol PM and sleep pills both knock you out in an unnatural sleep where when you wake up you are still dragging 3 hours later until you get some coffee in you. And then there is dependance. With Melatonin, you go to sleep in about 30 minutes after taking it, you might wake up a couple times through the night, but you will still be easily able to go back to sleep. And when you wake up, this is the best part, you really, really feel like you have a dang good sleep. If you are fully rested, melatonin will NOT keep you knocked out in a chemical stupor. You wake up like you never took anything. So if you are expecting this to force you to sleep in the middle of the day, it probably wont work. Also if you expose your eyes to light, you reduce your levels of melatonin, it would be like taking sleeping pills while drinking coffee. Melatonin put me to sleep fast, it is a drug, and it does work, and there is tons of medical research to back it up. It is after all what your own brain already uses to facilitate sleep. It is non-habit forming, and does not loose effectiveness overtime. So basically it's the best thing to put yourself to sleep since it is what our bodies naturally evolved to use for that exact purpose. It has the added benefit of being a potent antioxidant. Melatonin can cross the brain barrier to act on free radicals in your brain. Melatonin is a direct scavenger of OH, O2', and NO, which are basically oxidizers that can cause cellular damage and mutations. In some studies on mice melatonin increased their lives 20%.. and mice are not susceptible to the placebo effect. I trust the NOW brand. There are a lot of really cruddy brands out there that have lots of fillers in them, like Natures Way sold at walmart. I have seen products at walmart in the vitamin section that have bull-adrenaline and radioactive metals in them, seriously. With natural products you need to be careful about what brand you buy, because they are not regulated by the FDA. Since they fall in the natural food category, the FDA doesn't feel it needs to do any research, since there is no profit for drug companies on the line. I have bought many NOW-brand products in the past. They are all all-natural, they are all potent without any fillers, they all work, and they are all priced very fairly for the quality. NOW is a brand that is sold in natural health food stores all over North America, including Wild Oats, Sprouts, Nutters, and other well-known chains. And when getting a hormone based drug like Melatonin, for the difference of a couple bucks, I would not mess around. If you let the vegetarian gel capsule dissolve in your mouth, it has zero taste, so you can hold it under your tongue for a faster response time if desired. Hope this review helps

## Features

- FREE RADICAL SCAVENGER*: Melatonin is a potent free radical scavenger naturally produced in the pineal gland and present in high amounts in the gastrointestinal tract*
- GASTROINTESTINAL SUPPORT*: It is involved in many of the body, brain and glandular biological functions including maintenance of a healthy gastrointestinal lining*
- HEALTHY SLEEP CYCLE*: It is involved in many biological functions including regulation of normal sleep/wake cycles and the regulation of the immune system
- GMP Quality Assured: NPA A-rated GMP certification means that every aspect of the NOW manufacturing process has been examined, including our laboratory/testing methods (for stability, potency, and product formulation)
- Packaged in the USA by a family owned and operated company since 1968

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B003JJ9TQA |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Allergen Information | Allergen-Free |
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,469 in Health & Household ( See Top 100 in Health & Household ) #115 in Sleep & Snoring Aids #140 in Herbal & Nutritional Sleep Supplements #1,255 in Sales & Deals |
| Brand | NOW Foods |
| Brand Name | NOW Foods |
| Color | White |
| Container Type | Bottle |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,199 Reviews |
| Diet Type | Vegan |
| Dosage Form | Capsule |
| Flavor | Unflavored |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00733739035554 |
| Item Dimensions | 1.88 x 1.88 x 3.44 inches |
| Item Form | Capsule |
| Item Weight | 0.09 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | NOW Sports - Nutrition and Wellness |
| Material Features | Vegetarian |
| Model Name | Melatonin 5 mg, Free Radical Scavenger |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Primary Supplement Type | multivitamin |
| Product Benefits | Sleep Support |
| Special Ingredients | Melatonin |
| Total Servings Per Container | 60 |
| UPC | 733739035554 |
| Unit Count | 60 Count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** NOW Foods
- **Flavor:** Unflavored
- **Primary Supplement Type:** multivitamin
- **Unit Count:** 60 Count
- **Item Form:** Capsule
- **Item Weight:** 0.09 Pounds
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 1.88 x 1.88 x 3.44 inches
- **Special Ingredients:** Melatonin
- **Diet Type:** Vegan
- **Product Benefits:** Sleep Support

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How long till it starts?**
A: It usually takes about 20 minutes for me to get sleepy and then it is lights out. I take three of the 5mg. But each person is different. Start with one and if that doesn't help take another. You can take up to 30mg safely.

**Q: I know it says vegetarian, but is the melatonin 100% vegetarian derived, or is it synthetic?**
A: I too would like to know the answer to this.  It has been asked a number of times, so there's obviously a great interest, and I therefore find it quite suspicious that the verified Manufacturer, NOW, has not responded to any of these questions.  Is the Melatonin itself sourced from animal brain pineal glands - or is it plant, protist, fungi-based, or synthetic?  I doubt that there will be any vegitarian/vegan brownie points lost if it's synthetic; if others are asking for the same reason I am, we just want to know that it's not made from the pineal glands of animal brains, with the perceived risk of transmission of animal viruses and prions - such as those which cause BSE/Mad Cow Disease in cattle, which can lead to variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.  So, NOW Foods, is the Melatonin in this product sourced from animal brain pineal glands?

**Q: I've read one review that says it's synthetic and another saying that it's natural. Which is it?**
A: Natural. NOW does not do synthetics.

**Q: Is now melatonin made from animal source or synthetically in the laboratory?**
A: These are the Vegan capsules so it's a vegetable source not an animal source

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works Good for Me!
*by T***R on January 14, 2026*

I've been taking this Melatonin 5 mg. for about a year. Before that I was taking a 3mg dose and I did find that upgrading to 5mg helped me fall asleep even better. I've also heard there is a promising research for Melatonin to be good for our health and not just our sleep so that's a bonus. I don't find that I can't sleep without this product so it isn't addicting. If I go off a night, I can still get to sleep and suffer no consequences. I have used many products by the NOW brand and I trust them to provide a quality product like they have in this case. The capsules aren't very big at all so they are easy to take with a swig of water.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vegetarian Melatonin in vegetarian capsules
*by M***R on February 24, 2012*

Melatonin is derived either chemically/synthetically, extracted from a plant, or extracted from the brain of an animal. Most melatonin you find in walmart etc, is a synthetic melatonin. Synthetic melatonin is not identical in molecular structure to natural melatonin. Some chemicals like this, can do more harm than good in the long term. Just because this product is natural does not mean it should be used indiscriminately. In parts of Europe melatonin is a controlled substance that cannot be obtained without a prescription. It does work, it is a hormonal drug, and it is powerful. Your body can become less sensitive to melatonin and it's own melatonin production can decline with long term use over 2 months. Therefore it should be used with some discretion. Your body can also increase its sensitivity over time to melatonin and regain it's own production if supplementation is paused. How long that takes will depend on the person. Melatonin is a hormone that is produced by the pineal gland in mammals, which chemically interacts with your brain to help induce sleep. Melatonin levels with most people elevate when their eyes are exposed to darkness, increasing as their length of time in darkness increases. Some people, such as those diagnosed with ADD, or depression, or a SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor) , may have impaired uptake of melatonin, or their brains are not as efficient at using it, so a boost can be useful, especially in today's world where people keep lights on until 11pm. I have taken Dramamine, and Tylenol PM, and generic sleep pills in the past to go to sleep while people upstairs were being noisy even with my ear plugs in. The problem with those is they loose effectiveness overtime, and you can form a dependance on them. Since Dramamine is an antihistamine it drys out my sinus cavity, also it is not a very natural sleep, it knocks you out when you first use it, but like all antihistamines your body gets used to it over time and it looses its effect. Tylenol PM and sleep pills both knock you out in an unnatural sleep where when you wake up you are still dragging 3 hours later until you get some coffee in you. And then there is dependance. With Melatonin, you go to sleep in about 30 minutes after taking it, you might wake up a couple times through the night, but you will still be easily able to go back to sleep. And when you wake up, this is the best part, you really, really feel like you have a dang good sleep. If you are fully rested, melatonin will NOT keep you knocked out in a chemical stupor. You wake up like you never took anything. So if you are expecting this to force you to sleep in the middle of the day, it probably wont work. Also if you expose your eyes to light, you reduce your levels of melatonin, it would be like taking sleeping pills while drinking coffee. Melatonin put me to sleep fast, it is a drug, and it does work, and there is tons of medical research to back it up. It is after all what your own brain already uses to facilitate sleep. It is non-habit forming, and does not loose effectiveness overtime. So basically it's the best thing to put yourself to sleep since it is what our bodies naturally evolved to use for that exact purpose. It has the added benefit of being a potent antioxidant. Melatonin can cross the brain barrier to act on free radicals in your brain. Melatonin is a direct scavenger of OH, O2', and NO, which are basically oxidizers that can cause cellular damage and mutations. In some studies on mice melatonin increased their lives 20%.. and mice are not susceptible to the placebo effect. I trust the NOW brand. There are a lot of really cruddy brands out there that have lots of fillers in them, like Natures Way sold at walmart. I have seen products at walmart in the vitamin section that have bull-adrenaline and radioactive metals in them, seriously. With natural products you need to be careful about what brand you buy, because they are not regulated by the FDA. Since they fall in the natural food category, the FDA doesn't feel it needs to do any research, since there is no profit for drug companies on the line. I have bought many NOW-brand products in the past. They are all all-natural, they are all potent without any fillers, they all work, and they are all priced very fairly for the quality. NOW is a brand that is sold in natural health food stores all over North America, including Wild Oats, Sprouts, Nutters, and other well-known chains. And when getting a hormone based drug like Melatonin, for the difference of a couple bucks, I would not mess around. If you let the vegetarian gel capsule dissolve in your mouth, it has zero taste, so you can hold it under your tongue for a faster response time if desired. Hope this review helps

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finally Sleeping Better
*by S***H on December 4, 2025*

This melatonin works really well for me. It doesn’t knock me out, but it helps me fall asleep faster and stay asleep without feeling groggy the next morning. The 5 mg dose feels just right. I’ve tried a few brands, and this one has been the most consistent.

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