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Nickel supplements

Half of the 317 nickel supplements in the NIH label database that print an amount list 5 mcg or less per serving; the middle half list 5 mcg to 5 mcg (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026).

Products listing it
373317 print an amount; 56 list it inside a blend without an amount
Median per serving
5 mcgmiddle half 5 mcg to 5 mcg
Adult upper limit (IOM)
1,000 mcg0 products go above it a day

How much nickel do supplements contain?

The median product lists 5 mcg per serving. One in ten lists 5 mcg or less, one in ten 5 mcg or more. The amount printed most often is 5 mcg (275 products).

Products by amount of nickel per serving

317 products, log scale; extreme 0.2% at each end left out of the drawing.

Nickel: products by amount per serving1 mcg10 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcgUpper limit 1,000 mcg
Nickel: products by amount per serving1 mcg10 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcgUpper limit 1,000 mcg
Nickel: products by amount per serving1 mcg3 mcg10 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcgUpper limit 1,000 mcg
Nickel: products by amount per serving1 mcg3 mcg10 mcg30 mcg100 mcg300 mcg1,000 mcgUpper limit 1,000 mcg
Nickel: products by amount per serving1 mcg3 mcg10 mcg30 mcg100 mcg300 mcg1,000 mcg3,000 mcgUpper limit 1,000 mcg
The amounts printed most often
Amount per servingProductsFor example
5 mcg275 Daily Multiple (Rexall Sundown Naturalist); Heart Health Support Pack (Nature's Bounty); Theravim-M (Nature's Bounty)
15 mcg13 High Potency Vita-Lea Men (Shaklee); High Potency Vita-Lea Women (Shaklee); Vitalizer (Shaklee)
0.25 mcg6 Ultimate Health Complex (Burbank Glendale Chiropractic); Spectra Without Copper And Iron (DaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont); Spectra (DaVinci Laboratories)
2.5 mcg5 Milltrium Cardio (Windmill); Centrum Specialist Heart (Centrum); Sentry Heart (21st Century)
25 mcg4 MultiVitamin & Mineral without Copper & Iron (Pharmax); Multivitamin & Mineral (Adult Formula) (Pharmax); Multi-Pro 32X (AST Sports Science)
6.5 mcg3 Whole Source Women's (Rite Aid Pharmacy); Performance Multi Energy Formula (Kirkland Signature)
10 mcg2 Super Crusade (Trader Joe's); Morphomulti (MN Morphogen Nutrition)
109 mcg2
5,000 mcg2 Silver Deluxe Senior Multivitamin (Vitabase)
1 mcg1

Source: Supplement Facts rows of every product's current label, NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0; amounts in one measure (weight).

How do the amounts compare with the Daily Value and the upper limit?

The adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level is 1,000 mcg a day (total intake from food, water and supplements). At the most servings their labels direct, 0 of the 315 products with a plausible amount (0.0%) give more than that from the supplement alone (what counts as plausible).

The upper limit is for total intake from food, water and supplements unless stated, and does not apply under medical supervision. A label amount is what the maker printed. This is data, not advice: the NIH ODS fact sheets explain what each nutrient does.

Sources: 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv) (Daily Values); Institute of Medicine, DRI summary tables (2011) (upper limits); on reading them, the FDA's Daily Value page.

Which products list the most nickel?

On-market products, per serving, with a plausible amount: the rule leaves out likely entry slips, such as an amount far beyond every other label with no %DV or strength on the label to back it (each product page still shows its own amount, marked).

Have the amounts changed over the years?

Products whose current label entered DSLD in 2012 list a median of 5 mcg; those entered in 2022, 5 mcg.

Median nickel per serving by the year the label entered DSLD (years with 20+ products)
YearProductsMedian per serving
2012445 mcg
2013515 mcg
2016235 mcg
2019345 mcg
2020325 mcg
2022315 mcg

Source: DSLD label entry dates and amounts, current labels.

In which products and brands?

Products listing nickel by DSLD product type

Nickel by product typeOther Combinations238Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)68Botanical with Nutrients10Mineral1
Nickel by product typeOther Combinations238Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)68Botanical with Nutrients10Mineral1
Nickel by product typeOther Combinations238Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)68Botanical with Nutrients10Mineral1
Nickel by product typeOther Combinations238Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)68Botanical with Nutrients10Mineral1
Nickel by product typeOther Combinations238Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)68Botanical with Nutrients10Mineral1

Brands listing it most: Shaklee (26), CVS Pharmacy (10), Nature Made (9), Well At Walgreens (9), Centrum (8), Kirkland Signature (8), Nature's Bounty (7), Sundown Naturals (7), up&up (7), CVS Health (7).

Every product listing nickel

373 products, A to Z by name (page 6 of 8), each with the amount its label prints; an amount far outside what other labels print is marked as a possible slip.

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