NIH DSLD · nutrient families · 113,539 labels
Supplement Categories
Ingredient groups and product types organized by NIH nutrient family: a catalog map of what manufacturers declare on labels, not a recommendation list.
- 18
- Nutrient families
- 4,622
- Ingredient groups
- 9
- Product types
- 57.7%
- Still on-market
Group breadth versus label density
Botanical leads nutrient-family breadth at 1,937 ingredient groups (192,902 label mentions, #17 by avg labels per group), but Mineral is densest at 3,736.1 labels per group across 42 groups (#13 by group count).
- 1,937
- Botanical groups #1
- 192,902
- Botanical label mentions
- 3,736.1
- Mineral labels/group
- 42
- Mineral groups
Group counts are distinct ingredient groups in each NIH nutrient family; label mentions sum product_count across those groups. Density is a catalog filing pattern, not safety or efficacy.
Nutrient families by DSLD label mentions
Supplement Product Types
The NIH DSLD classifies every supplement into one of 9 product type categories based on the dominant ingredient profile.
Ingredient Categories
Ingredient groups organized by nutrient category. Each category lists the most common ingredients; click through to see every product that contains that ingredient.
Fiber
Mineral
Non-nutrient/non-botanical
Other
Protein
Vitamin
Sugar
Fat
Fatty acid
Botanical
Blend
Complex carbohydrate
Amino acid
Animal part or source
Bacteria
Enzyme
Hormone
TBD
How to use this map
Pick a nutrient family or product type, then open the live ingredient or supplement lists.
- Open a product-type filter when you care about DSLD category codes (vitamin, botanical, mineral). Browse supplements
- Drill into an ingredient group to see every label that declares it. Browse ingredients
- Compare two products once you know which families matter. Open compare tool
- Check brand catalog density when you want manufacturer coverage, not a recommendation. Browse brands
PlainVitamins does not rate, recommend, or endorse products. Category membership is a classification signal from manufacturer labels.
Methodology
Categories on this page map directly to the classification codes assigned by the Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Product types use the DSLD's nine supplement category codes (A1299 Mineral, A1302 Vitamin, A1305 Amino Acid & Protein, A1306 Botanical, A1309 Non-Nutrient, A1310 Fat & Fatty Acid, A1315 Multi-Vitamin & Mineral, A1317 Botanical with Nutrients, A1325 Other Combinations). Ingredient categories roll up individual ingredient groups by the broader nutrient family they belong to.
Product-count totals in each category reflect how many filings in the DSLD contain at least one ingredient in that group, useful for seeing which nutrients dominate the US supplement market. Counts are deterministic queries against the latest DSLD export; there is no editorial weighting. Regulatory context follows Source: Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), 1994, 21 U.S.C. § 321(ff), which governs how supplements are labeled, marketed, and cataloged.
Not medical advice. Category membership is a classification signal, not an endorsement of any specific nutrient or product. The NIH DSLD catalogs what manufacturers declare on their labels; it does not evaluate safety, efficacy, purity, or claimed benefits. Consult a licensed healthcare provider before starting, stopping, or combining any dietary supplement, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, take prescription medication, or have a medical condition.
Download the catalog statistics extract cited on this page: dsld-catalog-statistics.csv (CC0).
Every figure on PlainVitamins is rendered directly from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.