Comparison

Spirulina and Spirulina 500 mg

Spirulina (Spring Valley) lists 2 distinct ingredients and Spirulina 500 mg (Puritan's Pride) 2 (rows of one ingredient counted once); 2 are on both labels. On the site's similarity measure, which compares ingredient lists (1 for the same list, rarer ingredients counting for more; amounts are not part of it), the two formulas score 1.00: the same ingredients, at the amounts in the table below.

Amount per serving (and % of the Daily Value)
IngredientSpirulinaSpirulina 500 mg
Sodium5 mg10.5 mg
Blue-Green Algae400 mg1,500 mg

Amounts are per serving as DSLD gives them: Spirulina, 2 capsules; Spirulina 500 mg, 3 tablets. Current labels entered September 2016 and May 2023. Percentages of the Daily Value from 21 CFR 101.9. Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database.

Each product on its own

  • SpirulinaSpring Valley: every row against all products listing it
  • Spirulina 500 mgPuritan's Pride: every row against all products listing it