If you're searching this, you've probably seen ads for both and you're trying to work out which one to buy.
Here's the thing nobody tells you upfront: these two products do almost completely different jobs. They share exactly two ingredients out of fifteen. One is a hormone-support formula built around botanicals. The other is a mineral supplement with no vitamins in it at all. Short answers first, then both labels and both prices.
The Short Answer
Mars Men is hormone support. Menerals is minerals. Figure out which job you need done, then compare prices, because both jobs can be covered for less.
What we'd take instead
- Instead of Mars Men: Hammer. Two tablets before bed instead of five capsules at breakfast. $42 one-time or $35.70 on subscription, vs $118 or $59 a month for Mars Men (bottle prices, before shipping). No subscription required
- Instead of Menerals: Multi Men's. The full vitamin side Menerals doesn't have, plus minerals. $32 one-time or $27.20 a month, vs $75 or $44 a month for Menerals. And there's a Multi Women's too
- Want both jobs covered? Multi Men's plus Hammer is $62.90 a month on subscription. Or the Rock-Hard Pack adds stamina and circulation to the hormone side
- Hormone-free and drug-test safe, third-party tested, made in the USA with global ingredients
Or browse the Health Collection.
What do they share? Only zinc and boron. Mars Men has twice the zinc and five times the boron. Everything else on each label is unique to that product. Both labels
Which is better for testosterone? Only Mars Men is built for it. Menerals has zinc, magnesium and boron but none of the botanicals hormone-support formulas use. Which one you need
Which is cheaper? Menerals, on every tier: as low as $0.98 a day against Mars Men's $1.57 to $2.20. Every price tier
Can you take them together? Watch the zinc. Together they add up to 45mg, above the 40mg adult upper limit before counting a multivitamin or food. FAQ
What about Primal Viking or Zapply T1? Both come up in this comparison a lot, and they're different again. How they compare
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What Each One Actually Is
| Mars Men | Menerals | |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Natural testosterone support | Trace mineral supplement |
| Company | Mars Health, Inc. (Austin, TX) | Menerals |
| Serving | 5 capsules | 2 capsules |
| Bottle | 150 capsules, 30 servings | 60 capsules, 30 servings |
| When to take it | Morning, after food | With your first meal |
| Declared actives | 11 | 4 |
| Guarantee | 90 days (first order) | 90 days |
Both are made in the USA, both publish a full supplement facts panel with no proprietary blends, and both offer a 90-day money-back guarantee. Neither is a scam. That's worth saying plainly before we get into the differences, because the internet will tell you otherwise about both of them.
The Labels, Side By Side
This is the part that settles it. Both panels, transcribed from each manufacturer's own published label.
Mars Men — per 5-capsule serving
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) | 100mcg (4,000 IU) | 500% |
| Vitamin K (as phytonadione) | 100mcg | 83% |
| Zinc (as zinc citrate) | 30mg | 273% |
| Copper (as copper gluconate) | 2mg | 222% |
| L-Taurine | 750mg | † |
| Cistanche stem extract | 500mg | † |
| Fenugreek seed extract | 500mg | † |
| Shilajit mineral extract | 500mg | † |
| Tongkat Ali root extract | 500mg | † |
| Boron (as boron citrate) | 10mg | † |
| Vitamin K2 (as MK-7) | 100mcg | † |
Menerals — per 2-capsule serving
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Magnesium (as magnesium glycinate) | 140mg | 33% |
| Zinc (as zinc glycinate) | 15mg | 136% |
| Fulvic Acid Mineral Complex | 200mg | † |
| Boron (as boron glycinate) | 2mg | † |
† Daily Value not established.
What they share
Out of fifteen declared ingredients between them, two appear on both labels:
| Mars Men | Menerals | |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc | 30mg (as citrate) | 15mg (as glycinate) |
| Boron | 10mg (as citrate) | 2mg (as glycinate) |
Mars Men has twice the zinc and five times the boron. Menerals uses glycinate forms, which are generally well absorbed. Those are the only two lines where a direct comparison is even possible.
Everything else on each label has no counterpart on the other. Mars Men's botanicals and amino acid (Tongkat Ali, Fenugreek, Shilajit, Cistanche and Taurine) don't appear in Menerals at all. Menerals' magnesium and fulvic complex don't appear in Mars Men. Neither product contains what the other is built around.
What Mars Men Is Doing That Menerals Isn't
Mars Men is built around four botanicals at 500mg each, 750mg of taurine, and vitamins D and K. In 2026 it cut Tongkat Ali and Fenugreek from 1,000mg each to 500mg and added Cistanche and Copper. 500mg of Tongkat Ali is still in line with amounts used in published human research. If you read an older review quoting 1,000mg, it's describing the previous formula; our Mars Men review lays out exactly what changed.
It also carries 4,000 IU of vitamin D at 500% of the Daily Value, and boron at 10mg, the top of the range most formulas use. Both are worth accounting for if you already take a multivitamin.
The brand states the product is third-party tested and non-GMO, and that it contains no DHEA or hormone precursors. That last point matters if your job drug tests. DHEA is a hormone and a real testing risk, and it isn't in here.
The brand also publishes claims worth knowing about: more than 5,600 reviews, and an 80% recommendation figure they attribute to a 12-week triple-blind study with 100 participants. We haven't reviewed the study and can't speak to its design or findings. We're noting that the claims exist so you can look into them yourself if that's a factor for you.
What Menerals Is Doing That Mars Men Isn't
Menerals is a mineral product, and on minerals it's built well. Magnesium glycinate at 140mg is a real amount in a well-absorbed form, and Mars Men contains no magnesium at all. The 200mg fulvic acid mineral complex is the source of the "100 trace minerals" claim, and the brand publishes the trace amounts inside it as ranges.
It's also a two-capsule serving against Mars Men's five, taken with your first meal. If swallowing five capsules every morning is the thing that would stop you being consistent, that's a genuine practical difference and not a small one.
The brand states the minerals are sourced from Wyoming, made in the USA, and third-party tested for heavy metals with results published on their site.
The thing to be clear-eyed about: Menerals contains no vitamins. No A, no C, no D, no E, no B-complex. Their marketing describes it as a multivitamin alternative, and on the label that isn't what it is. It's a mineral supplement, and a decent one, but a multivitamin's core job is the vitamins.
Working out which category you're in?
If it's the daily foundation you want, vitamins and minerals together, that's Multi Men's at $32, or $27.20 on subscription. If it's hormone support, that's Hammer at $42. Different jobs, same as the two products on this page.
What They Actually Cost
Both brands run promotional pricing with several tiers, so the headline number isn't the number you'll live with. Here's every option each publishes, with the per-day cost worked out. All three products are 30 servings per bottle, so the math is directly comparable.
Mars Men
| Option | Price | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $118 | $3.93 |
| One-time purchase | $118 + $7 shipping | $4.17 |
| Monthly subscription | $59 | $1.97 |
| Refill including shipping | $66 | $2.20 |
| 90-day supply | $47 per bottle | $1.57 |
Two things to know. Free shipping is scoped to the first subscription order; when we ordered to check, the refill invoiced at $59 plus $7 standard shipping before tax, so the realistic monthly figure is closer to $66 than $59. And first-order sale prices come and go; during their Labor Day sale the first bottle was $39. Plan around the refill price, not the sale.
Menerals
| Option | Price | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| One-time purchase | $75 | $2.50 |
| Monthly subscription | $44 | $1.47 |
| Buy 2 Get 1 Free — 90 days, autoship quarterly | $88 (about $29.33 a month) | $0.98 |
Free shipping is included on the subscription tiers. The Buy 2 Get 1 Free tier is their cheapest per day by a wide margin, and it's the one they promote as best value.
Side by side, cheapest option each
| Product | Best ongoing price | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| Multi Men's — subscription | $27.20 / 30 days | $0.91 |
| Menerals — Buy 2 Get 1 Free | $88 / 90 days | $0.98 |
| Menerals — monthly | $44 / 30 days | $1.47 |
| Mars Men — 90-day supply | $47 / 30 days | $1.57 |
| Mars Men — monthly refill with shipping | $66 / 30 days | $2.20 |
On their best tier Menerals is genuinely competitive: $0.98 a day against our $0.91 is close enough that price shouldn't be the deciding factor between those two. The commitment differs, though. Menerals' cheapest tier bills $88 up front for a 90-day cycle; ours bills $27.20 monthly. Mars Men is the most expensive per day on every tier, though it's also the only one of the three doing hormone support.
Pricing in this category moves constantly. Every figure here was checked in September 2026, and both brands were running promotions at the time. Check the current price before you buy anything.
So Which Question Are You Actually Asking?
Work out which of these sounds like you, because it decides the whole thing.
"I want hormone support." That's Mars Men's category. It's built around botanicals and taurine at 500 to 750mg each. Our comparable is Hammer, or the Rock-Hard Pack if you want stamina and circulation covered alongside it. Menerals isn't in this category at all; it contains none of the botanicals these formulas are built on.
"I want a daily foundation." That's Menerals' category, with the caveat that it's minerals only. Our comparable is Multi Men's or Multi Women's, which cover the vitamin side that Menerals doesn't. Mars Men isn't a daily foundation product; it's a targeted formula with a very high vitamin D dose.
"I want both." Then you're buying two products, whichever brands you choose. Neither of these covers the other's ground. Ours would be Multi Men's plus Hammer.
"I don't know, I just saw an ad." Fair enough. That's most people, and it's why this page exists. Start with the daily foundation. It's cheaper, it's the thing most men are actually short on, and it's the sensible base before adding anything targeted on top.
How We Approach It At Blue Collar Nutrition
We sell products in both categories, so weigh what follows with that in mind. We've written full reviews of both products separately, our Mars Men review and our Menerals review, and in both we said plainly where each product beats ours.
For the daily foundation: Multi Men's and Multi Women's are full multivitamins: vitamins A, C, D and E, a complete B-complex, calcium, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium and molybdenum, plus 15mg zinc and 50mg magnesium. Two capsules, 30 servings, $32 or $27.20 on subscription. Where Menerals beats us: their magnesium is 140mg against our 50mg, and they carry boron and the fulvic complex that we don't.
For hormone support: Hammer is two tablets about an hour before bed with a full glass of water, because a meaningful share of the body's natural hormone activity happens overnight during sleep. Use the bathroom before you lie down. $42, or $35.70 on subscription.
For the full picture: the Rock-Hard Pack is Hammer before bed, Overdrive Men's in the morning, and N.O. Flow for circulation. $116.99, or $99.44 on Subscribe & Save. That's three products against Mars Men's one, and it costs more. We'd rather say that plainly.
Every Blue Collar Nutrition product is made in the USA with global ingredients, third-party tested, and hormone-free. Everything is available as a one-time purchase, no subscription required, and every order is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Will Any Of These Fail A Drug Test?
We can only speak for our own products, and this matters to our customers: CDL drivers, oilfield crews, military, first responders, and anyone in a safety-sensitive role where one positive result ends a career.
Absolutely not. All products are natural, hormone-free, and do not contain any amphetamines or substances that would trigger a failed drug test — whether for bodybuilding, employment, or any other purpose.
For any supplement from any brand, ours included: if testing is a factor at work, verify the policy, ask the manufacturer directly, and get the answer in writing. Keep the bottle and the lot number.
What About Primal Viking And Zapply T1?
People searching this comparison often weigh these two against Primal Viking and Zapply T1. We've read both labels directly and written full reviews of each, so here's where they fit.
Primal Viking vs Mars Men
Both sit in the hormone-support category, but they're built very differently. Primal Viking's Ancestral Testosterone Booster is two capsules a day, taken with your biggest meal, built around a 337.5mg proprietary blend of reindeer liver, heart and kidney plus beef testicles, with small amounts of rhodiola, sea buckthorn, nettle and peppermint extract. Mars Men is five capsules of botanicals, taurine, vitamins and minerals, each at a stated amount.
| Mars Men | Primal Viking | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Botanicals, taurine, vitamins and minerals | Organ blend plus small botanical extracts |
| Serving | 5 capsules, 30 servings | 2 capsules, 24 servings |
| Label | Every active at a stated amount | 337.5mg organ blend, individual amounts not listed |
| Buying options | One-time or subscription | Subscription only when we checked |
| Price | $59 a month subscription, $47 a bottle on the 90-day plan | $49.99 a jar (ships every 24 days), down to $37.49 a jar on the 4-jar plan |
| Per day | $1.57 to $2.20 | $1.56 to $2.08 |
| Guarantee | 90 days, first order | 30 days |
Per day they land in nearly the same place. The real choice is the approach: organ-based or botanical-based. Our full breakdown is in the Primal Viking review, where we compare it against Overdrive Men's.
Zapply T1
Zapply T1 is another product in the same paid-advertising space, and it gets compared to both Mars Men and Menerals. We cover its label, price and what it's missing in our Zapply T1 review.
Nugenix, T-Hero Platinum and others come up too. We haven't verified those labels ourselves, so we're not going to characterise their formulas here. Every ingredient figure on this page came from a published supplement facts panel we read directly, and we'd rather say nothing than guess.
The approach that works regardless of brand: pull up the supplement facts panel, work out whether it's a hormone-support formula or a daily foundation, then compare it only against products doing the same job. Most of the confusion in this category comes from comparing two products that were never trying to do the same thing.
One Thing Neither Bottle Fixes
If you're sleeping five hours a night, no capsule fixes that. Sleep, bodyweight and alcohol move these numbers more than anything on any supplement shelf, ours included.
Whichever direction you go, get baseline bloodwork before you start and again at 90 days. It's the only way to know whether any of it did what you hoped.
If You Want To Try Ours
Hammer for the hormone side, Multi Men's for the foundation. One-time purchase on everything, no subscription required.
| Hammer: pre-bed testosterone support | $42.00 · $35.70 subscribe |
| Multi Men's: daily multivitamin, 30 servings | $32.00 · $27.20 subscribe |
| Multi Women's: same foundation, built for women | $32.00 · $27.20 subscribe |
| Rock-Hard Pack: hormone, stamina and circulation | $116.99 · $99.44 subscribe |
Made in the USA with global ingredients. Third-party tested. Hormone-free and drug-test safe. Backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Or browse the full Health Collection
Mars Men vs Menerals: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Mars Men and Menerals?
They are different categories of product. Mars Men is a natural testosterone support formula with eleven declared actives, including Tongkat Ali, Fenugreek, Shilajit and Cistanche at 500mg each and L-Taurine at 750mg, plus vitamin D, vitamin K, K2, zinc, copper and boron, taken as five capsules each morning. Menerals is a trace mineral supplement with four declared actives: magnesium glycinate 140mg, zinc glycinate 15mg, a 200mg fulvic acid mineral complex and boron 2mg, taken as two capsules daily. They share only zinc and boron.
Did Mars Men change its formula?
Yes. In 2026 Mars Men moved from a nine-ingredient panel with Tongkat Ali and Fenugreek at 1,000mg each to an eleven-ingredient panel with both at 500mg, more shilajit, taurine and boron, and added copper and cistanche. The full before-and-after is in our Mars Men review. Check the panel on the bottle you are buying.
Do Mars Men and Menerals have the same ingredients?
No. Out of fifteen declared ingredients between the two products, only two appear on both labels. Mars Men contains 30mg zinc and 10mg boron; Menerals contains 15mg zinc and 2mg boron. Every other declared ingredient in each product has no counterpart in the other.
Which is cheaper, Mars Men or Menerals?
Menerals, on every comparable tier. When we checked in September 2026, Menerals ran $75 one-time, $44 a month on subscription, or $88 for a 90-day Buy 2 Get 1 Free cycle at about $0.98 a day. Mars Men ran $118 plus $7 shipping one-time, $59 a month on subscription plus shipping on refills (about $2.20 a day), or $47 a bottle on its 90-day plan (about $1.57 a day). Both brands run frequent promotions, so confirm current pricing before buying.
Can Menerals replace a multivitamin?
Not on the label. Menerals contains no vitamins at all — no vitamin A, C, D or E, and no B-complex. It also contains no calcium, and only trace amounts of selenium, copper, manganese, chromium and molybdenum. It is a mineral supplement, and on magnesium it is dosed higher than many multivitamins. But a multivitamin's core purpose is the vitamins, and those are not in it.
Is Mars Men or Menerals better for testosterone?
Only one of them is built for that purpose. Mars Men is formulated as a natural testosterone support product and contains several botanicals commonly used in that category. Menerals is a mineral supplement — zinc, magnesium and boron all have documented roles in men's health, and it delivers all three, but it contains none of the botanicals that testosterone-support formulas are built around. Individual results vary and no supplement replaces sleep, bodyweight management and bloodwork.
Can you take Mars Men and Menerals together?
There is meaningful overlap if you do. Mars Men provides 30mg of zinc and Menerals 15mg, so taking both would put you at 45mg from supplements alone, above the 40mg adult upper intake level before counting a multivitamin or food. Boron would total 12mg, and Mars Men also carries 4,000 IU of vitamin D and 2mg of copper. If you are stacking products, add up the totals across everything you take and talk to your doctor.
How many capsules do you take of each?
Mars Men is five capsules once daily after a morning meal, from a 150-capsule bottle that lasts 30 days. Menerals is two capsules daily with your first meal, from a 60-capsule bottle that also lasts 30 days.
Do Mars Men and Menerals use proprietary blends?
Neither one does. Both publish a specific amount for every declared active on their supplement facts panels. Menerals additionally publishes the trace minerals inside its 200mg fulvic acid complex as ranges rather than fixed amounts, which is normal for naturally sourced material.
Can you buy Mars Men or Menerals without a subscription?
Yes, both now offer it. Mars Men lists a one-time bottle at $118 plus $7 shipping, and Menerals lists a one-time bottle at $75. Neither one-time option includes the gifts or perks that come with each brand's subscription.
Do both offer a money-back guarantee?
Yes, both publish a 90-day money-back guarantee. Mars Men's FAQ scopes its guarantee to the first order. Ours is 30 days, which is shorter, and we would rather say so than leave it out.
Will Blue Collar Nutrition supplements cause a failed drug test?
Absolutely not. All products are natural, hormone-free, and do not contain any amphetamines or substances that would trigger a failed drug test — whether for bodybuilding, employment, or any other purpose.
What is the Blue Collar Nutrition equivalent of each?
For the daily foundation, Multi Men's or Multi Women's at $32, which cover the vitamin side Menerals does not address. For hormone support, Hammer at $42, taken before bed rather than in the morning. For both plus stamina and circulation, the Rock-Hard Pack at $116.99.
Related Reading
- Mars Men Review: the full breakdown, including the 2026 reformulation and the new Ignite product
- Menerals Review: what "100 trace minerals" actually means on the label
- Primal Viking Review: the organ-blend testosterone booster, compared against Overdrive Men's
- Zapply T1 Review: the label, the price, and how it compares
- Attaboy Review: the all-in-one daily scoop, and one scoop vs a workday system
- Best Multivitamin for Men: what a daily foundation should actually contain
- Best Herbs for Testosterone Support: what the research says about the botanicals in this category
- Reclaiming Your Prime After 40: the three gaps most men over 40 are missing
- Health Collection · Performance Collection
Disclosure: This comparison is published by Blue Collar Nutrition, which sells competing supplements. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mars Men, Mars Health, Inc., Menerals, Primal Viking or Zapply. All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Ingredient amounts are transcribed from each manufacturer's own published supplement facts panel, checked September 2026. Formulas and production runs change, so verify the label on the specific bottle you are purchasing. Pricing checked September 2026 and subject to change; both brands were running promotional offers at the time of writing. Confirm current pricing on each manufacturer's site before purchasing.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your physician before beginning any supplement regimen, particularly if you have an existing medical condition or take prescription medication.
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