Potassium Magnesium (Aspartate)
by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66298 00217 0
- DSLD label 278243
- Serving 1 capsule
- 90 servings
Potassium Magnesium (Aspartate) by Pure Encapsulations lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 70 mg of magnesium and 99 mg of potassium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 13, 2022.
What is in Potassium Magnesium (Aspartate)?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesiumas Magnesium Aspartate | 70 mg | 17% | 54% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 280 mg. |
| Potassiumas Potassium Aspartate | 99 mg | 2% | 49% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg). Per day at the most servings: 396 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278243 (entered December 13, 2022), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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 1 to 4 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.
- 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
- Magnesium/Potassium AspartateDouglas Laboratories same ingredients
- K-Mg CitrateXYMOGEN · off the market same ingredients
- Maxi Potassium MagnesiumMaxi Health 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
- Recommendations: As a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule, 1-4 times daily, with meals.
- Warnings
- Warning: Not to be taken if you have hyperkalemia or abnormal kidney function, or take ACE inhibitors or potassium sparing diuretics. If you are pregnant or lactating, have any health condition or are taking any medication, consult your health professional before use.
- Keep out of the reach of children.
- Use only if safety seal is intact.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, www.gluten.org
- Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 278243.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose, Water, Ascorbyl Palmitate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GFCO.org (Gluten-Free Certification Organization). Listed with: Certified gluten-free (GFCO) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).
How many labels does Potassium Magnesium (Aspartate) have?
6 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 278243 (current) Entered December 13, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00217 0
- Label 278242 Entered November 22, 2022 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00218 7
- Label 218856 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market December 11, 2018 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00218 7
- Label 218853 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market December 11, 2018 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00217 0
- Label 185166 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00217 0
- Label 185157 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00218 7
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Pure Encapsulations (manufacturer), Sudbury, MA. All Pure Encapsulations products.