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Selenium

by Endo-met Laboratories · capsule · 90 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 229039
  • Serving 1 capsule

Selenium by Endo-met Laboratories lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 100 mcg of selenium, 100 mg of pea powder, 50 mg of lentil powder and 50 mg of millet flour. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2020.

What is in Selenium?

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).

Selenium: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 229039, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Seleniumas Selenium Amino Acid ChelateSelenium (Form: as Selenium Amino Acid Chelate)100 mcg143%Selenium in Selenium against 7,658 products100 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg100 mcg

Higher than 65% of 7,658 products listing selenium (median 55 mcg).

Pea powder100 mgPea in Selenium against 31 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 235.5 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

42% of 31 products listing pea give more (median 100 mg).

Lentil powder50 mg
Millet Flour50 mg
Chlorophyllas Sodium Copper ChlorophyllinChlorophyll (Form: as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin)1 mgChlorophyll in Selenium against 394 products1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 7.5 mg to 42.75 mg, the median 16 mg.1 mg

90% of 394 products listing chlorophyll give more (median 16 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 229039 (entered June 24, 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 394 products that print an amount of chlorophyll list more than its 1 mg of chlorophyll (median 16 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?

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

  • SelenaseProgressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories same ingredients
  • Cal-MinPL Progressive Laboratories · off the market 4 shared, 84% alike
  • Cal-MinProgressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories 4 shared, 84% alike
  • Zinc PicolinateAdaptogen Research 4 shared, 76% alike
  • Zinc PicolinateProgressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories 4 shared, 76% alike
  • DismuzymeProgressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories 4 shared, 73% alike

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: One capsule daily, or as directed by a physician. Am noon pm
Warnings
Notice: It is advisable to keep this and all supplements out of the reach of children.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 229039.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Selenium have?

2 labels are on file under this name since June 24, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 229039 (current) Entered June 24, 2020 · on the market · 90 capsules
  2. Label 229035 Entered June 24, 2020 · on the market · 180 capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names Endo-Met Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Phoenix, AZ. All Endo-met Laboratories products.

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