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Selenium 200 mcg

by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  • DSLD label 337795
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

Selenium 200 mcg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 200 mcg of selenium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Selenium 200 mcg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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 337795, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Seleniumelemental200 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).

L-Selenomethionine40 mgSelenomethionine in Selenium 200 mcg against 42 products40,000 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 495 mcg, the median 112.5 mcg.40,000 mcg

Higher than 93% of 42 products listing selenomethionine (median 112.5 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 337795 (entered August 22, 2025), 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 40,000 mcg of L-selenomethionine (filed by NIH under selenomethionine) is higher than 93% of the 42 selenomethionine products that print an amount.

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?

4 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
Suggested usage: Take 1 capsule daily, preferably with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Cautions/interactions: Persons living in areas of high soil selenium, such as the Dakotas, should consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use. Do not exceed recommended dose unless directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 337795.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does Selenium 200 mcg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 337795 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  2. Label 74564 Entered June 23, 2017 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  3. Label 69324 Entered January 25, 2017 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  4. Label 69004 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  5. Label 15114 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market August 14, 2016 · 90 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 11485 2
  6. Label 10154 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market August 6, 2010 · 90 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 11485 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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