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Selenium 200 mcg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 90 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 30811 0
  • DSLD label 305161
  • Serving 1 to 2 vegetarian capsules; amounts per 2 vegetarian capsules
  • 45 servings

Selenium 200 mcg by Vital Nutrients lists one ingredient: 400 mcg of selenium per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 22, 2024.

What is in Selenium 200 mcg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetarian 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).

Selenium 200 mcg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305161, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Seleniumas Selenomethionine, Sodium Selenite50% Selenomethionine, 50% Sodium Selenite400 mcg727%Selenium in Selenium 200 mcg against 7,658 products400 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg400 mcg

Higher than 99% of 7,658 products listing selenium (median 55 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305161 (entered February 22, 2024), 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?

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:

  • Its 400 mcg of selenium is higher than 99% of the 7,658 selenium products that print an amount; 82 list more.

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
Recommendations 1-2 capsules a day, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 305161.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Rice, Powder.

How many labels does Selenium 200 mcg have?

4 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 305161 (current) Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 30811 0
  2. Label 223283 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 30811 0
  3. Label 58529 Entered April 22, 2016 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 30811 0
  4. Label 5973 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market February 18, 2016 · 90 capsules · UPC 6 93465 30811 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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