Digestive Relief Chewable Bismuth Tablets - 48ct - up&up™

I ended up crushing the tablets to powder in the packaging while trying to rip it open. Not fun when you need quick relief. When I only want to carry a few tablets in my pocket, I can't rip away two or four tablets from the main packet. It's beyond frustrating! I'd rather pay double for the commercial brand with easier packaging.

these don’t do anything to help

First time trying this brand. Made me feel nauseous instead of better.

These are truly awful. The flavor is disgusting compared to the name brand. It tastes like menthol in the worst way. Even worse, all the packets in my box are literally impossible to open without scissors. So if you need to keep these in your purse or car for uh-oh moments, good luck because you can’t get the pills out of the package!! I will be buying the name brand again. Target used to be reliable for store brand products, but multiple things have gotten awful in the last couple of years.

Gave me black hairy tongue which I forgot that pepto bismol does that.

Works every time for heartburn!

These taste so flipping disgusting. They used to be great and then the reformulation made them so NASTY!!!! I get the chills when I try to choke them down. Absolutely horrible.

Target, why????? You changed the formula! Awful! I bought the up and up brand because I hate the taste of the brand name and these are worse. So disappointing. Bring back the original

As many, many others have stated, since the formula was changed about 9-12 months ago, the taste is so bad. I stopped buying them, that’s how bad it was. The really disappointing thing is, these were GREAT before they changed it. They didn’t really have a strong flavor, and were slightly sweet tasting. Overall, very pleasant. And worked! And so much more economical than the name brand. I switched to the caplets because these were genuinely that gross. Honestly, I thought they had been contaminated with some kind of poison or something the first time I tried them. As I said I stopped buying them, but recently I really wanted to try the chewables again because I realized sometimes slowly dissolving them seemed like it worked better for my upset tummy than the caplets. And hoped that maybe the months of negative feedback Lee to a reformulation. Nope, still terrible. Very strongly minty, but in a medicinal way, it’s hard to describe. I really don’t want to pay such an extraordinarily higher price for the name brand, but it’s either that, or trying another store’s generic brand. I wish Target had never changed formulas, or manufacturers or however the change came about.

Hard and tastes strange, like old and mint. Will be switching to swallowable pills next time.

Terrible new formulation. Original used to taste like normal mint, this one tastes like straight toilet bowl cleaner. I have never tasted something so bad. Very disappointing reformulation.

These taste like you chewed listerine i was coughing and gagging trying to swallow it and its just chalky in my mouth now. Also impossible to open without scisorrs which is terrible when you are in the car, or wake up in the middle of the night and need this. I keep these type iny purse and bedside table so i need to be able to open them asap

Bought this for my husband as a cheaper option compared to pepto bismol. He said it does the trick, works just as good.

Something has changed with these. They still work, but the taste is disgusting.

As many have said, the new formula is much different. And not for the better. Since the change, I have been buying many different brands trying to find something my stomach can handle (it is very picky about anything mint). This brings me to two questions- has anyone found a good alternative? Or better yet, if Target pays attention to all these comments and switches back, how will we know we can start purchasing it again?

The taste is SO bad, it’s off putting. I’d rather just keep the indigestion.

Love having these in hand for travel or on the go. They work great!

Have been buying these for years and now they taste disgusting. I’m going to have to switch to another brand. Who wants to gag on something that tastes bad when they already feel queasy???

Formula change - not for the better. Worth it to buy the name brand.

I came to mention the change in formula, affecting the taste/texture. I was glad to see I wasn't the only one that noticed. (The ability to open the packaging without scissors was not fixed along with this change. But that is not a deal changer for me.) I personally cannot handle this new formula, so I will be purchasing a different bismuth product.