Magnesium Potassium Aspartate
by The Vitamin Shoppe · tablet or pill · 300 tablets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66536 01283 1
- DSLD label 31345
- Serving 1 to 3 tablets; amounts per 1 tablet
Magnesium Potassium Aspartate by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 100 mg of magnesium and 99 mg of potassium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2014.
What is in Magnesium Potassium Aspartate?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesiumas Magnesium AspartateMagnesium (Form: as Magnesium Aspartate) | 100 mg | 25% | Higher than 51% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg). |
| Potassiumas Potassium AspartatePotassium (Form: as Potassium Aspartate) | 99 mg | 3% | 49% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 31345 (entered March 25, 2014), 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.
- Potassium/Magnesium AspartateMetabolic Maintenance same ingredients
- Magnesium/Potassium ComplexDouglas Laboratories same ingredients
- Potassium-Magnesium AspartateThorne Research · off the market same ingredients
- Potassium-Magnesium CitrateThorne Research · off the market same ingredients
- Magnesium Potassium CitrateWoodstock Vitamins · off the market same ingredients
- Potassium Magnesium (Aspartate)Pure Encapsulations 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
- DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement, take one (1) to three (3) tablets daily, preferably one with each meal.
- Warnings
- WARNING: Consult your healthcare provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical conditions.
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- TAMPER EVIDENT Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- gluten free dairy free soy free nut free
- Does not contain: Yeast, Corn, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar, Salt, Soy, Starch, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Animal Derivatives, Preservatives, Artificial Colors or Flavors.
- Storage
- STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 31345.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, purified Water, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Polyethylene Glycol, Titanium Dioxide.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): V SUITABLE FOR MOST VEGETARIANS.
How many labels does Magnesium Potassium Aspartate have?
2 labels are on file under this name since March 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 31345 (current) Entered March 25, 2014 · on the market · 300 tablets · UPC 7 66536 01283 1
- Label 31344 Entered March 25, 2014 · on the market · 100 tablets · UPC 7 66536 01282 4
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.