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A form of magnesium

Magnesium lactate supplements

55 magnesium products in the NIH label database list magnesium as magnesium lactate (under 1% of the 15,088 magnesium products); their median is 55 mg of magnesium per serving, against 86 mg across all magnesium products (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026).

How does magnesium lactate compare with the other forms?

The median amount of magnesium per serving in products naming each form; the count in brackets. The amount is the magnesium the label gives, as printed (the Supplement Facts row normally states the element; a row named as the compound usually gives the compound's weight and is left out of these figures).

Median magnesium per serving by form

Magnesium by formMagnesium oxide100 mg (5,110)Magnesium citrate113 mg (2,739)Magnesium glycinate113 mg (1,307)Magnesium aspartate150 mg (1,038)Magnesium malate100 mg (903)Magnesium carbonate100 mg (401)Magnesium gluconate100 mg (254)Magnesium hydroxide60 mg (211)Magnesium taurate300 mg (139)Magnesium chloride75 mg (95)Magnesium L-threonate144 mg (72)Magnesium lactate55 mg (55)Magnesium orotate71.5 mg (37)
Magnesium by formMagnesium oxide100 mg (5,110)Magnesium citrate113 mg (2,739)Magnesium glycinate113 mg (1,307)Magnesium aspartate150 mg (1,038)Magnesium malate100 mg (903)Magnesium carbonate100 mg (401)Magnesium gluconate100 mg (254)Magnesium hydroxide60 mg (211)Magnesium taurate300 mg (139)Magnesium chloride75 mg (95)Magnesium L-threonate144 mg (72)Magnesium lactate55 mg (55)Magnesium orotate71.5 mg (37)
Magnesium by formMagnesium oxide100 mg (5,110)Magnesium citrate113 mg (2,739)Magnesium glycinate113 mg (1,307)Magnesium aspartate150 mg (1,038)Magnesium malate100 mg (903)Magnesium carbonate100 mg (401)Magnesium gluconate100 mg (254)Magnesium hydroxide60 mg (211)Magnesium taurate300 mg (139)Magnesium chloride75 mg (95)Magnesium L-threonate144 mg (72)Magnesium lactate55 mg (55)Magnesium orotate71.5 mg (37)
Magnesium by formMagnesium oxide100 mg (5,110)Magnesium citrate113 mg (2,739)Magnesium glycinate113 mg (1,307)Magnesium aspartate150 mg (1,038)Magnesium malate100 mg (903)Magnesium carbonate100 mg (401)Magnesium gluconate100 mg (254)Magnesium hydroxide60 mg (211)Magnesium taurate300 mg (139)Magnesium chloride75 mg (95)Magnesium L-threonate144 mg (72)Magnesium lactate55 mg (55)Magnesium orotate71.5 mg (37)
Magnesium by formMagnesium oxide100 mg (5,110)Magnesium citrate113 mg (2,739)Magnesium glycinate113 mg (1,307)Magnesium aspartate150 mg (1,038)Magnesium malate100 mg (903)Magnesium carbonate100 mg (401)Magnesium gluconate100 mg (254)Magnesium hydroxide60 mg (211)Magnesium taurate300 mg (139)Magnesium chloride75 mg (95)Magnesium L-threonate144 mg (72)Magnesium lactate55 mg (55)Magnesium orotate71.5 mg (37)

Source: Supplement Facts rows and their forms, NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0, current labels.

Products
5543 on the market
Median magnesium per serving
55 mgall magnesium products: 86 mg
Share of magnesium products
under 1%55 of 15,088

Is the amount the magnesium or the whole magnesium lactate?

A Supplement Facts row normally states the magnesium itself (a row like "Magnesium (as magnesium lactate)"); a row named as the compound (a row like "Magnesium lactate") usually states the compound's weight, which includes what the magnesium is bound to and is larger than the magnesium it supplies. The front of a bottle may print either. Of the 55 products here, 55 give the magnesium in its own row (1 of them an amount far outside what other labels list, or one their own %DV disagrees with).

The adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level for magnesium is 350 mg a day; it covers magnesium from supplements and medicines only, not food or water. At the most servings their labels direct, 5 of the 54 magnesium lactate products with a plausible amount (9.3%) give more than that.

Source: Supplement Facts rows of each product's current label, NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0; upper limit: Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes (2011) (what counts as plausible).

What else do these products contain?

Ingredients most often listed alongside it, with the median amount in these products and in all products
IngredientShare of these productsMedian hereMedian, all products
Calcium82% 50 mg115 mg
Vitamin B675% 2 mg6 mg
Niacin69% 16 mg20 mg
Vitamin B1269% 9 mcg36 mcg
Vitamin D69% 5 mcg15 mcg
Riboflavin67% 1.7 mg4 mg
Vitamin C67% 100 mg100 mg
Thiamin65% 1.5 mg5 mg
Biotin64% 120 mcg200 mcg
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)64% 10 mg12 mg

Which products are they?

All 55, ordered by the amount of magnesium per serving, largest first; an amount that looks like a slip or a compound's weight comes last, marked.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0; the form each label names for its row. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Which brands make them?

FITAID (9), Melaleuca (4), Fix Brands (3), beveri (2), Live the Source (2), Best Life International (2), ChildLife Essentials (2), LIFEAID (2), Detoxify (2), Vibrant Health (2).

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