Boots Glycerin

[lemental]

I emailed Boots a while back, asking about their value glycerin and the Care glycerin and got a reply.  They confirm that the value Glycerin is indeed vegetable based but they don't manufacture the Care glycerin so couldn't give more information on it.

Thank you for your enquiry about the Boots Value Health Glycerin B.P PL 00014/5444.

From the information we hold on file for this product the Boots Value Health Glycerin B.P contains 100% glycerol sourced from rapeseed, coconut, palm kernels or palm oils. The product does not contain any animal ingredients.

As Boots are not the licence holder for Care Glycerin 200ml we are unfortunately not able to give you information on the products ingredients or compare the products directly.

I hope you find this information useful and thank you for taking the time to contact Boots.

Regards

Vanessa Wellborne
Medical Enquiries Manager

Animal or vegetable, probably makes no difference but may be useful to know if you're a hardcore vegetarian! 
I imagine that the Care stuff is no different.

[lobeydosser]

Fairy Nuff.

[fred]

Didn't even know they did "Care Glycerine"!
I've got the "value" stuff.

I guess as well as being vegetarian, the "value" would be cheaper as well?

[kailey]

Thank you for sharing this info, lemental.

[lemental]

Jul 15, 2013 0:05:27 GMT fred said:

Didn't even know they did "Care Glycerine"!
I've got the "value" stuff.

I guess as well as being vegetarian, the "value" would be cheaper as well?

It's the same price, £1.29.  Boots tend to stock one or the other, not usually both.

They're the same thing as far as vaping is concerned, just some people would prefer what they know is definitely vegetable based.

It's likely that the Care brand is also vegetable based but I'm waiting for a reply from the manufacturer.

[Neil from Valley Vapes]

Got both in our boots and the care is 50p more expensive

[lemental]

That's a bit cheeky of them. They're both listed as the same price on the Boots website.
My nearest Boots has the Value stuff at £1.29 and the one a bit further away has the Care stuff at the same price.

When I was buying empty bottles, I rang one store and they told me they were 50p. Went to another store and they wanted £1.20 each for them. I told them the price I was quoted and they then told me I could have them for 50p.
I'm guessing that Boots franchise their smaller stores and they make the price up as they go along.

[Karma]

I try my best not to use Boots for anything! Find yourself a nice little friendly Pharmacy

[lemental]

Just got a reply back from Thornton & Ross who have the license for the Care glycerin. The Care stuff is also vegetable based:

Care glycerin is derived from plant material. This glycerin also goes into all of our other products that contain glycerin, such as our cough medicines.

Kind regards,

Paul Jarrell
Medical Information Officer
Thornton & Ross Ltd
Linthwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5QH

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Jul 15, 2013 19:48:36 GMT Karma said:

I try my best not to use Boots for anything! Find yourself a nice little friendly Pharmacy

My friendly pharmacy is miles away but oh so nice....a lot easier to get hold of than GP...

Only went there cos at one time they had a good looking pharmacist LOL

[kailey]

Thanks again, lemental.

[lemental]

No worries kailey. It's quite good to hear from them that they are both vegetable based. I don't know why but if I had the choice, I would prefer something that came coconuts rather than a horse!

[Karma]

Jul 16, 2013 16:00:34 GMT @johanino said:

Jul 15, 2013 19:48:36 GMT Karma said:

I try my best not to use Boots for anything! Find yourself a nice little friendly Pharmacy

My friendly pharmacy is miles away but oh so nice....a lot easier to get hold of than GP...

Only went there cos at one time they had a good looking pharmacist LOL

there's a good looking one at my friendly pharmacy too, he's also very helpful indeed 

[lemental]

Jul 16, 2013 18:33:41 GMT Karma said:

Jul 16, 2013 16:00:34 GMT @johanino said:

My friendly pharmacy is miles away but oh so nice....a lot easier to get hold of than GP...

Only went there cos at one time they had a good looking pharmacist LOL

there's a good looking one at my friendly pharmacy too, he's also very helpful indeed 

There's a few nice looking ladies at my local chemist.  It's called Pickup pharmacy but so far I've not had much luck picking up anything apart from prescription medicine

[Mev]

I wonder what goes on in that little "privacy" room in the pick up chemists..