mineral
Potassium supplements
Half of the 11,614 potassium supplements in the NIH label database that print an amount list 99 mg or less per serving; the middle half list 50 mg to 190 mg (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026). The 290 products whose only supplement ingredient is potassium list a median of 99 mg.
- Products listing it
- 12,16611,614 print an amount; 255 list it inside a blend without an amount
- Median per serving
- 99 mgmiddle half 50 mg to 190 mg
- FDA Daily Value
- 4,700 mgthe median is 2% of it
How much potassium do supplements contain?
The median product lists 99 mg per serving. One in ten lists 20 mg or less, one in ten 330 mg or more. The amount printed most often is 99 mg (630 products).
Products by amount of potassium per serving
11,751 products, log scale; extreme 0.2% at each end left out of the drawing.
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 FDA Daily Value for potassium is 4,700 mg (adults and children 4 and older). The median product gives 2% of it per serving; the 90th percentile 7%.
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 forms of potassium do labels name?
Potassium citrate is the form named most often: 1,756 of the 12,166 potassium products (14%), ahead of potassium chloride (1,494, 12%) and potassium bicarbonate (469, 4%). A product naming two forms counts in both; the table below gives every form.
Products by the form of potassium on the label
Count, and the median amount per serving in that form.
| Form | Products | Share of potassium products | Median per serving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium citrate | 1,756 | 14% | 80 mg |
| Potassium chloride | 1,494 | 12% | 80 mg |
| Potassium bicarbonate | 469 | 4% | 170 mg |
| Potassium gluconate | 283 | 2% | 55 mg |
Source: the form each label gives for its potassium row (DSLD "forms"), current labels.
Which products list the most potassium?
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).
- BananaON Optimum Nutrition3,110 mg
- Potassium BHB UnflavoredNutricost2,483 mg
- Potassium BHB 9 g UnflavoredNutricost2,483 mg
- Mass Triple ChocolateMutant2,300 mg
- Super Mass Gainer Rich ChocolateDymatize2,300 mg
- Bulk 1340 Double ChocolateGNC Pro Performance2,240 mg
- Mass Infusion ChocolateNutrex Research Black Series2,070 mg
- ChocolateInner Armour Sports Nutrition1,970 mg
Have the amounts changed over the years?
Products whose current label entered DSLD in 2011 list a median of 90 mg; those entered in 2025, 115 mg.
| Year | Products | Median per serving |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 321 | 90 mg |
| 2012 | 686 | 80 mg |
| 2013 | 860 | 99 mg |
| 2014 | 699 | 100 mg |
| 2015 | 731 | 100 mg |
| 2016 | 603 | 93 mg |
| 2017 | 570 | 95 mg |
| 2018 | 632 | 99 mg |
| 2019 | 540 | 99 mg |
| 2020 | 1,103 | 99 mg |
| 2021 | 878 | 99 mg |
| 2022 | 901 | 96 mg |
| 2023 | 984 | 100 mg |
| 2024 | 1,228 | 102.15 mg |
| 2025 | 1,015 | 115 mg |
Source: DSLD label entry dates and amounts, current labels.
In which products and brands?
Products listing potassium by DSLD product type
Brands listing it most: Douglas Laboratories (224), NutraBio (180), Nature's Plus (163), GNC Beyond Raw (103), Core Nutritionals (101), MET-Rx (99), Dymatize (98), XYMOGEN (90), GNC Pro Performance (89), Syntrax (85).
Every product listing potassium
12,166 products, A to Z by name (page 13 of 244), each with the amount its label prints; an amount far outside what other labels print is marked as a possible slip.
- Alfalfa TabletHerbal Hills21 mg
- Alive! Daily EnergyNature's Way · off the market95 mg
- Alive! Energy 50+Nature's Way · off the market95 mg
- Alive! Liquid Citrus FlavorNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max 6 Daily Multi-Vitamin Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max 6 Daily No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max 6 Daily Potency Multivitamin No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max 6 Potency MultivitaminNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 DailyNature's Way50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Men'sNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Multi-Vitamin Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Multivitamin No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Potency MultivitaminNature's Way50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Potency Multivitamin no added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Women'sNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Daily Women's Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max3 Multivitamin No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max6 DailyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Max6 Daily No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Men's Ultra PotencyNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Multi-VitaminNature's Way50 mg
- Alive! Multi-Vitamin Max Potency Citrus FlavoredNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Once DailyNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Men'sNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Men's 50+Nature's Way5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Men's 50+ Ultra PotencyNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Men's Ultra PotencyNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Multi-VitaminNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Once Daily Multi-Vitamin Ultra PotencyNature's Way · off the market5 mg as transcribed, likely a slip
- Alive! Protein VanillaNature's Way10 mg
- Alive! Sport Tropical Fruit FlavoredNature's Way40 mg
- Alive! Ultra Shake Vanilla FlavoredNature's Way50 mg
- Alive! Ultra-Shake VanillaNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Men's Mulit Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Men's Multi Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Multi-VitaminNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Multi-Vitamin Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Multivitamin Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer No Added IronNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Whole Food Energizer Women's Multi Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alive! Women's Multi Max PotencyNature's Way · off the market50 mg
- Alka ClearHigher Nature791 mg
- Alka Clear DrinkHigher Nature1,357 mg
- Alka GreenB.E.S.T. Process Alka-Line Supplements160 mg
- Alka Green TabletsB.E.S.T. Process Alka-Line Supplements110 mg
- Alka SlimB.E.S.T. Process Alka-Line Supplementsno amount
- Alka-CEnergetix100 mg
- Alka-Clear PowderHigher Nature · off the market1,357 mg as transcribed, likely a slip