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Vanadium supplements

Half of the 1,744 vanadium supplements in the NIH label database that print an amount list 25 mcg or less per serving; the middle half list 10 mcg to 100 mcg, and 1 in 28 of the 1,735 with a plausible amount give more than the adult upper limit at the most servings their labels direct (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026).

Products listing it
2,1261,744 print an amount; 265 list it inside a blend without an amount
Median per serving
25 mcgmiddle half 10 mcg to 100 mcg
Adult upper limit (IOM)
1,800 mcg61 products go above it a day

How much vanadium do supplements contain?

The median product lists 25 mcg per serving. One in ten lists 10 mcg or less, one in ten 224.5 mcg or more. The amount printed most often is 10 mcg (552 products).

Products by amount of vanadium per serving

1,861 products, log scale; extreme 0.2% at each end left out of the drawing.

Vanadium: products by amount per serving1 mcg10 mcg100 mcg3,000 mcgUpper limit 1,800 mcg
Vanadium: products by amount per serving1 mcg10 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcg10,000 mcgUpper limit 1,800 mcg
Vanadium: products by amount per serving1 mcg10 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcg10,000 mcgUpper limit 1,800 mcg
Vanadium: products by amount per serving1 mcg3 mcg10 mcg30 mcg100 mcg1,000 mcg10,000 mcgUpper limit 1,800 mcg
Vanadium: products by amount per serving1 mcg3 mcg10 mcg30 mcg100 mcg300 mcg1,000 mcg3,000 mcg10,000 mcgUpper limit 1,800 mcg
The amounts printed most often
Amount per servingProductsFor example
10 mcg552 Sport (GNC Mega Men); Maximum Nutrition Vanilla Bean (GNC Mega Men); Maximum Nutrition Vanilla Creme (GNC Women's Ultra Mega)
50 mcg252 Ultra Vita Man 50+ (Vitamin World); Gymnema & Alpha-Lipoic Complex (AFI America's Finest); Women's Life Rx Ultimate (ProCaps Laboratories)
25 mcg150 LifeEssence (Pure Essence Labs); Weight Management Pack (Douglas Laboratories); Men's Health Pack (Douglas Laboratories)
100 mcg135 ActiVit Body Toning Formula (Beachbody Nutritionals); Nutra-Betic (Windmill Consumer Products); Vita-Betic (Vita-Betic)
200 mcg78 Millennium CFX (Thermo-Lift); Super Multi-Complex (VQ Verified Quality); CoEnzymated Men's Multi Vit-A-Min (Emerald Laboratories)
1,000 mcg50 Blood Sugar Formula (Vitabase); Kre-Alkalyn Complex (DaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont); Blood Sugar Complex (Indiana Botanic Gardens)
20 mcg49 One 'N' Only Men's Formula (Pure Essence Labs); High Potency Vita-Lea Men (Shaklee); High Potency Vita-Lea Women (Shaklee)
5 mcg42 Sport Milk Chocolate (GNC Mega Men); Sport Vanilla Bean (GNC Mega Men); Active Milk Chocolate (GNC Women's Ultra Mega)
2 mcg34 Food Based Women's Multi Comprehensive Formula (IVL Institute For Vibrant Living); Clinical Prostate Suppport (Natural Clinician); Multi Vitamin (Nutra Sport)
15 mcg24 Iron Free Daily Multiple 50+ (Sundown Naturals); Clinical Glycemia (Natural Clinician); Clinical Metabolic Syndrome X Nutritional Factors (Natural Clinician)

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 1,800 mcg a day (total intake from food, water and supplements). At the most servings their labels direct, 61 of the 1,735 products with a plausible amount (3.5%) 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 vanadium?

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 2011 list a median of 10 mcg; those entered in 2025, 50 mcg.

Median vanadium per serving by the year the label entered DSLD (years with 20+ products)
YearProductsMedian per serving
20114910 mcg
201222125 mcg
201320220 mcg
201412340 mcg
20158325 mcg
201611810.5 mcg
201711725 mcg
20187350 mcg
201910825 mcg
202016025 mcg
202110045 mcg
202213525 mcg
202310850 mcg
202414950 mcg
202511550 mcg

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

In which products and brands?

Products listing vanadium by DSLD product type

Vanadium by product typeOther Combinations1,574Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)128Botanical with Nutrients80Mineral70Single Vitamin and Mineral4Amino acid/Protein3Botanical1Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical1
Vanadium by product typeOther Combinations1,574Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)128Botanical with Nutrients80Mineral70Single Vitamin and Mineral4Amino acid/Protein3Botanical1Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical1
Vanadium by product typeOther Combinations1,574Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)128Botanical with Nutrients80Mineral70Single Vitamin and Mineral4Amino acid/Protein3Botanical1Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical1
Vanadium by product typeOther Combinations1,574Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)128Botanical with Nutrients80Mineral70Single Vitamin and Mineral4Amino acid/Protein3Botanical1Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical1
Vanadium by product typeOther Combinations1,574Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM)128Botanical with Nutrients80Mineral70Single Vitamin and Mineral4Amino acid/Protein3Botanical1Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical1

Brands listing it most: Douglas Laboratories (162), GNC Women's Ultra Mega (39), GNC Mega Men (37), Thorne Research (37), ProCaps Laboratories (34), Pure Encapsulations (31), XYMOGEN (31), Integrative Therapeutics (26), Shaklee (25), Emerald Labs (21).

Every product listing vanadium

2,126 products, A to Z by name (page 17 of 43), 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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