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Selenium 200 mcg

by GNC · other (e.g. tea bag) · 200 vegetarian caplets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 48107 17690 7
  • DSLD label 227951
  • Serving 1 caplet

Selenium 200 mcg by GNC lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 caplet, such as 35 mg of calcium and 200 mcg of selenium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2020.

What is in Selenium 200 mcg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 caplet. 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 200 mcg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 227951, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calcium35 mg3%Calcium in Selenium 200 mcg against 17,831 products35 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg35 mg

82% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Seleniumas Selenium YeastSelenium (Form: as Selenium Yeast)200 mcg364%Selenium in Selenium 200 mcg against 7,658 products200 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg200 mcg

Higher than 82% of 7,658 products listing selenium (median 55 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 227951 (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?

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
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take one caplet daily.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Contains: Wheat and soybeans.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No sugar, no starch, no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no preservatives, sodium free, no corn, no dairy.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 227951.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Croscarmellose Sodium, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Carnauba wax, Ethylcellulose, Triacetin, Diacetylated Monoglycerides, Oleic Acid, Polyethylene Glycol.

How many labels does Selenium 200 mcg have?

5 labels are on file under this name since August 26, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 227951 (current) Entered June 24, 2020 · on the market · 200 vegetarian caplets · UPC 0 48107 17690 7
  2. Label 210561 Entered December 22, 2019 · off the market December 13, 2022 · 200 vegetarian caplets · UPC 0 48107 16110 1
  3. Label 74387 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market August 2, 2019 · 200 vegetarian caplets · UPC 0 48107 16110 1
  4. Label 63855 Entered September 22, 2016 · off the market May 11, 2017 · 200 vegetarian caplets · UPC 0 48107 16110 1
  5. Label 36054 Entered August 26, 2014 · off the market December 13, 2022 · 200 vegetarian caplets · UPC 0 48107 12772 5

DSLD also links this label to: Selenium 200 (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names General Nutrition Corporation (distributor), Pittsburgh, PA. All GNC products.

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