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ChromeMate 200 mcg

by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 11415 9
  • DSLD label 73708
  • Serving 1 veg capsule

ChromeMate 200 mcg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 1.1 mg of niacin and 200 mcg of chromium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 24, 2017.

What is in ChromeMate 200 mcg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).

ChromeMate 200 mcg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 73708, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Niacin1.1 mg7%Niacin in ChromeMate 200 mcg against 12,413 products1.1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 13.2 mg to 48 mg, the median 20 mg.DV 16 mgUL 35 mg1.1 mg

98% of 12,413 products listing niacin give more (median 20 mg).

Chromiumas Chromium PolynicotinateChromium (Form: as Chromium Polynicotinate (Alt. Name: ChromeMate))200 mcg571%Chromium in ChromeMate 200 mcg against 7,825 products200 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.DV 35 mcg200 mcg

Higher than 72% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 73708 (entered May 24, 2017), 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:

  • 98% of the 12,413 products that print an amount of niacin list more than its 1.1 mg of niacin (median 20 mg).

The NIH database records one serving 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?

6 products list 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 Usage: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Cautions/Interactions: Chromium may interact with thyroid hormone replacement and diabetes medications. Some medications, such as corticosteroids and acid-blocking drugs may affect chromium status. If you are taking any medications, are diabetic, have liver or kidney disease, or if you are pregnant/lactating, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product.
Do not eat freshness packet. Keep in bottle.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 73708.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Cellulose.

How many labels does ChromeMate 200 mcg have?

5 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 73708 (current) Entered May 24, 2017 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11415 9
  2. Label 68782 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market March 28, 2017 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11415 9
  3. Label 31406 Entered March 25, 2014 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 07359 11415 9
  4. Label 15111 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market March 6, 2014 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 07359 11415 9
  5. Label 10151 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market June 4, 2010 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 07359 11415 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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