PlainVitamins

Magnesium

by Nature's Sunshine · tablet or pill · 180 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 01786 3
  • DSLD label 255359
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 180 servings

Magnesium by Nature's Sunshine lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 40 mg of calcium, 30 mg of phosphorus and 250 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Magnesium?

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

Magnesium: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255359, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate40 mg3%Calcium in Magnesium against 17,831 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg40 mg

79% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Phosphorusas Dicalcium Phosphate30 mg2%Phosphorus in Magnesium against 3,786 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 200 mg, the median 90 mg.DV 1,250 mgUL 4,000 mg30 mg

84% of 3,786 products listing phosphorus give more (median 90 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Magnesium Oxide250 mg60%Magnesium in Magnesium against 14,003 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg250 mg

Higher than 83% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255359 (entered September 24, 2021), 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?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

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
Recommended Use: Take 1 tablet daily with a meal.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255359.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Magnesium Silicate, Kelp, Licorice, Peppermint, White Willow.

How many labels does Magnesium have?

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

  1. Label 255359 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 180 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01786 3
  2. Label 220996 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01786 3
  3. Label 207457 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01786 3
  4. Label 4592 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01786 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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