Magnesium Complex
by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 01859 4
- DSLD label 255360
- Serving 2 capsules
- 50 servings
Magnesium Complex by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 184 mg of magnesium per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.
What is in Magnesium Complex?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesiumas Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium MalateMagnesium (Form: as Magnesium Citrate, and Magnesium Malate) | 184 mg | 44% | Higher than 75% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 368 mg. 1.1 times the adult UL a day. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255360 (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?
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:
- At 2 servings a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 368 mg of magnesium, 1.1 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.
The NIH database records 2 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Magnesium Carbonate 29% PowderVitalBulk same ingredients
- Magnesium-HPHealthy Gut same ingredients
- Buffered Magnesium Bisglycinate PowderKirkman same ingredients
- Magnesium CitrateAllergy Research Group same ingredients
- Magnesium CitrateNutriCology same ingredients
- Kela FLife Zone · off the market same ingredients
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 2 capsules twice daily with a meal.
- Warnings
- Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 255360.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Capsule, Cellulose, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).
How many labels does Magnesium Complex 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.
- Label 255360 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01859 4
- Label 221096 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01859 4
- Label 207582 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01859 4
- Label 4588 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01859 4
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.