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Selenium 200 mcg

by Carlson · capsule · 180 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 05282 8
  • DSLD label 306153
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 180 servings

Selenium 200 mcg by Carlson lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 22 mg of calcium and 200 mcg of selenium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Selenium 200 mcg?

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).

Selenium 200 mcg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 306153, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate22 mg2%Calcium in Selenium 200 mcg against 17,831 products22 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg22 mg

90% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Seleniumas L-Selenomethionine200 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 306153 (entered January 24, 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:

  • 90% of the 17,831 products that print an amount of calcium list more than its 22 mg of calcium (median 115 mg).

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: Adults: take one capsule daily at mealtime.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Yeast-free
Gluten-free No artificial preservatives

Source: label statements in DSLD label 306153.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Beef Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Selenium 200 mcg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since March 24, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 306153 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05282 8
  2. Label 304886 Entered December 14, 2023 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05280 4
  3. Label 265806 Entered May 19, 2022 · off the market October 14, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05280 4
  4. Label 241888 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market October 14, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05282 8
  5. Label 216408 Entered March 24, 2020 · off the market November 15, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05280 4
  6. Label 216372 Entered March 24, 2020 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 88395 05282 8

DSLD also links this label to: Selenium Yeast-Free 200 mcg (package size difference, same product), Selenium Yeast-Free 200 mcg (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 Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Arlington Heights, IL. All Carlson products.

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