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Vital Salts

by Return Healthy · capsule · 120 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 19962 46840 7
  • DSLD label 313322
  • Serving 1 to 2 vegetarian capsules; amounts per 2 vegetarian capsules
  • 60 servings

Vital Salts by Return Healthy lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules, such as 600 mg of chloride and 99 mg of potassium, beside 3 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2024.

What is in Vital Salts?

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).

Vital Salts: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 313322, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Chlorideas Sodium Chloride600 mg17%Chloride in Vital Salts against 1,476 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 183.5 mg, the median 75 mg.DV 2,300 mgUL 3,600 mg600 mg

Higher than 95% of 1,476 products listing chloride (median 75 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,400 mg.

Sodium500 mg20%Sodium in Vital Salts against 14,514 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.500 mg

Higher than 97% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Sodium Chloride400 mg
Sodium Bicarbonate100 mg
Potassium99 mg3%Potassium in Vital Salts against 11,614 products99 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg99 mg

49% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg). Per day at the most servings: 396 mg.

Potassium Citrate75 mg
Potassium Bicarbonate25 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313322 (entered September 25, 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 600 mg of chloride is higher than 95% of the 1,476 chloride products that print an amount; 71 list more.

The NIH database records 3 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?

2 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: Take one to two (1-2) capsules with water, three to four (3-4) times a day, for up to ten (10) capsules daily, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
Caution: Individuals who are pregnant or lactating should consult with their health care practitioner before using this product.
Do not use if security seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
This product contains no hidden excipients, binders, fillers, artificial colors, fragrance, wheat, gluten, dairy, corn, fish, egg, shellfish, animal derivatives, tree nuts or peanuts.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place away from direct light.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 313322.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

How many labels does Vital Salts have?

2 labels are on file under this name since May 24, 2023: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 313322 (current) Entered September 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 19962 46840 7
  2. Label 282171 Entered May 24, 2023 · off the market July 21, 2023 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 19962 46840 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names Return Healthy LLC (distributor), St George, Utah. All Return Healthy products.

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