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Alkaline Formula

by BioFactorX · capsule · 120 capsules

  • Off the market since October 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 59630 00410 6
  • DSLD label 230483
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Alkaline Formula by BioFactorX lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 32 mg of magnesium, 27 mg of potassium, 150 mg of aspartic acid and 7 mg of sea salt, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 23, 2020.

What is in Alkaline Formula?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Alkaline Formula: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 230483, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Magnesiumas Magnesium Citrate32 mg8%Magnesium in Alkaline Formula against 14,003 products32 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg32 mg

74% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 128 mg.

Sodiumas Sodium BicarbonateSodium (Form: as Sodium Bicarbonate)125 mg5%Sodium in Alkaline Formula against 14,514 products125 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.125 mg

Higher than 71% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg.

Potassiumas Potassium Bicarbonate, Potassium CitratePotassium (Form: as Potassium Bicarbonate, & Potassium Citrate)27 mg1%Potassium in Alkaline Formula against 11,614 products27 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg27 mg

86% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg). Per day at the most servings: 108 mg.

Aspartic Acid150 mgAspartic Acid in Alkaline Formula against 377 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 106 mg to 1,846 mg, the median 337 mg.150 mg

70% of 377 products listing aspartic acid give more (median 337 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Sea Salt7 mgSea Salt in Alkaline Formula against 30 products7 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 33.5 mg to 400 mg, the median 190 mg.7 mg

90% of 30 products listing sea salt give more (median 190 mg). Per day at the most servings: 28 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 230483 (entered July 23, 2020), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • 90% of the 30 products that print an amount of sea salt list more than its 7 mg of sea salt (median 190 mg).

The NIH database records 4 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested Use: Take 1 capsule four times daily.
Warnings
Warning: Not recommended for pregnant or nursing women.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal if broken etc.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Drug free Gluten free
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 230483.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice powder, Rice hull concentrate, Magnesium Stearate, Tricalcium Phosphate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Certified cGMP.

How many labels does Alkaline Formula have?

One label is on file, entered on July 23, 2020.

  1. Label 230483 (current) Entered July 23, 2020 · off the market October 17, 2023 · 120 capsules · UPC 8 59630 00410 6

DSLD also links this label to: Alkaline Formula (image difference, same product), Alkaline Formula (image difference, same product).

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Meehan Formulations, LLC (manufacturer), Jackson, WY. All BioFactorX products.

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