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

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.

I thought these things were going to work. They are crap. Waste of money. Never worked once. Tried so many different times and each time was unsuccessful. I just threw them away. Stick to Pepto!

I recently got sick and ran to Target for some pepto capsules. They were out of stock so I risked it with these chewables. And they aren’t bad at all! Like yes, they’re a bit chalky, but so is everything on the market. The flavor is good and they’re effective. Plus, you can’t beat the value.

I mean it does its job, but the plastic they package the tablets in is too tough and makes it you need scissors, which isn’t very convenient when you have shaking dehydrated hands

These tablets work, but the notch to tear the plastic packaging is only on about 10% of the tablets. For the rest, scissors are needed to get the tablet out, which eliminates the convenience and portability factors.

They've recently changed the inactive ingredients. These no longer taste like the old Pepto Bismol tablets, which were just chalky and kind of sweet. No, now these have a strong minty flavor. Well, my stomach does not react well to mint/spearmint/peppermint - so now these not only do NOT help with my nausea, they actually give me heartburn :( I will not be buying these again, and will go back to either the Equate from Wal-Mart, or the name brand. Target - these didn't need to "taste good", they needed to WORK!!!

Just as almost everyone else is saying, the new packaging and taste is horrible. I take this frequently for GI issues and didn’t mind the taste of the old formula. Target was the only brand I could tolerate but not anymore.

I didn’t know it was possible but this new packaging is even worse than it was before. Don’t even get me started on the nasty new taste. Target stop messing with your staple products!!

The old version was lot better bring back the old version of this.