Mars Men vs Menerals: What Each One Actually Does

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 thirteen. One is a hormone-support formula built around large botanical doses. The other is a mineral supplement with no vitamins in it at all.

So the useful question isn't "which is better." It's "which one am I actually shopping for." We'll lay out both labels, both prices, and what each is built to do — then you can decide which question you're asking.

The Short Answer

These aren't competitors. Mars Men is a testosterone-support formula. Menerals is a mineral supplement. They overlap on two ingredients and nothing else.

What's in Mars Men? Nine actives, five capsules a morning. Tongkat Ali 1,000mg, Fenugreek 1,000mg, Shilajit 400mg, Taurine 675mg, plus vitamin D, vitamin K, K2, zinc and boron.

What's in Menerals? Four actives, two capsules a day. Magnesium glycinate 140mg, zinc glycinate 15mg, a 200mg fulvic acid mineral complex, and boron 2mg.

What do they share? Zinc and boron. That's it. Mars Men has double the amount of each.

Which should you buy? If you want hormone support, you're shopping in Mars Men's category. If you want daily minerals, you're shopping in Menerals'. Buying one expecting the other's benefit is the actual mistake.

Where do we fit? We make products in both categories, and we'll be straight about which is which:

Multi Men's — the daily foundation, compares to Menerals
Hammer — pre-bed testosterone support, compares to Mars Men
Rock-Hard Pack — hormone, stamina and circulation across the day

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What Each One Actually Is

	Mars Men	Menerals
Product type	Natural testosterone support	Trace mineral supplement
Company	Mars Men, 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	9	4
Guarantee	90 days	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%
Tongkat Ali root extract	1,000mg	†
Fenugreek seed extract	1,000mg	†
L-Taurine	675mg	†
Shilajit mineral extract	400mg	†
Boron (as boron citrate)	4mg	†
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 thirteen declared ingredients between them, two appear on both labels:

	Mars Men	Menerals
Zinc	30mg (as citrate)	15mg (as glycinate)
Boron	4mg (as citrate)	2mg (as glycinate)

Mars Men has twice as much of each. 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 four botanicals — Tongkat Ali, Fenugreek, Shilajit, 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 large doses of four botanicals plus vitamin D and K. Tongkat Ali at 1,000mg and Fenugreek at 1,000mg are both at the high end of what published human studies on those ingredients have used. Whatever you make of the category, those aren't sprinkle doses.

It also carries 4,000 IU of vitamin D at 500% of the Daily Value, which is a meaningful amount and worth accounting for if you already take vitamin D or a multivitamin.

The brand states the product is third-party tested, non-GMO and vegan, 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 a set of claims worth knowing about: 5,289 reviews, an 80% recommendation figure they attribute to a 12-week triple-blind study with 100 participants, and a "Clinicians' Choice" mark citing 197 clinicians on a platform called FrontrowMD. We haven't reviewed the study and can't speak to its design or findings — we're noting that the claims exist and where they come from, 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 — 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 it's 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
First order (anniversary sale, currently extended)	$39	$1.30
Every order after that	$59	$1.97
Refill including shipping	$66	$2.20

Two things to know. Their site doesn't offer a one-time purchase — the only way to buy direct is a subscription that reorders every 30 days, though you can skip, pause or cancel from your account. And free shipping is scoped to the first order only; we ordered to check, and the refill invoiced at $59 plus $7 standard shipping before tax. That makes the realistic ongoing figure closer to $66 a month than $59. GNC lists the product around $99.99 if you want a single bottle without subscribing.

Menerals

Option	Price	Per day
One-time purchase	$75	$2.50
Monthly subscription	$44	$1.46
Buy 2 Get 1 Free — 90 days, autoship quarterly	$88	$0.97

Free shipping is included on all 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
Menerals — Buy 2 Get 1 Free	$88 / 90 days	$0.97
Multi Men's — subscription	$27.20 / 30 days	$0.91
Menerals — monthly	$44 / 30 days	$1.46
Mars Men — refill with shipping	$66 / 30 days	$2.20

On their best tier Menerals is genuinely competitive — $0.97 a day against our $0.91 is close enough that price shouldn't be the deciding factor between those two. It's worth noting the commitment differs: Menerals' cheapest tier bills $88 up front for a 90-day cycle, ours bills $27.20 monthly. Mars Men is the most expensive of the three per day, though it's also the only one of the three doing hormone support.

Pricing in this category moves constantly. Every figure here was checked at the end of August 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 dosed at the top of the researched range. 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'll be straightforward: 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 taken as 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. Hammer contains oyster extract — if you have a shellfish allergy, don't take it.

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 than dress it up.

Every Blue Collar Nutrition product is made in the USA in an FDA-registered, GMP-certified facility, third-party tested, hormone-free, with no artificial dyes. Everything is available as a one-time purchase — no subscription required. 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 enormously 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 The Other Brands People Compare These To?

People searching this comparison often weigh these two against Primal Viking, Zapply T1, Nugenix, T-Hero Platinum and others in the same paid-advertising space. 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

Worth saying, because both categories gloss over it: 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.

And 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. No label is a substitute for a number on a lab report.

If You Want To Try Ours

Built for people who work for a living — one-time purchase on everything, no subscription required.

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
Hammer — pre-bed testosterone support	$42.00 · $35.70 subscribe
Rock-Hard Pack — hormone, stamina and circulation	$116.99 · $99.44 subscribe

Made in the USA in an FDA-registered, GMP-certified facility. Third-party tested. Hormone-free and drug-test safe. Backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee.

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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 built around botanicals — Tongkat Ali 1,000mg, Fenugreek 1,000mg, Shilajit 400mg and L-Taurine 675mg — plus vitamin D, vitamin K, K2, zinc 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.

Do Mars Men and Menerals have the same ingredients?

No. Out of thirteen declared ingredients between the two products, only two appear on both labels. Mars Men contains 30mg zinc and 4mg boron; Menerals contains 15mg zinc and 2mg boron. Every other ingredient in each product has no counterpart in the other.

Which is cheaper, Mars Men or Menerals?

Menerals, on most tiers. Menerals runs $75 one-time, $44 a month on subscription, or $88 for a 90-day Buy 2 Get 1 Free cycle which works out to $0.97 a day. Mars Men runs $39 for a promotional first order, then $59 for each refill plus shipping, which comes to roughly $2.20 a day ongoing. Both were running promotions when we checked at the end of August 2026, 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 four botanicals commonly used in that category at substantial doses. 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 on zinc if you do. Mars Men provides 30mg of zinc at 273% of the Daily Value and Menerals provides 15mg at 136%, so taking both would put you at 45mg from supplements alone before counting a multivitamin or your food. Mars Men also carries 4,000 IU of vitamin D. 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 without a subscription?

Not on their own website. The only purchase option offered directly is a subscription that reorders every 30 days, though it can be skipped, paused or cancelled at any time. If you want a single bottle without subscribing, a retailer such as GNC is the alternative at around $99.99.

Do both offer a money-back guarantee?

Yes, both publish a 90-day money-back guarantee. For comparison, ours is 30 days on a first purchase, which is shorter, and we would rather say so than leave it out.

Will Blue Collar Nutrition supplements cause a failed drug test?

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.

Are there allergens to know about?

Yes. Hammer contains oyster extract and is not suitable for anyone with a shellfish allergy. Full ingredient details are listed on each product page. For Mars Men and Menerals, check the published label on the bottle you are buying.