https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/Plain-English explainers on reading supplement labels, backed by data from the NIH DSLD.en-usFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/claims-census-what-supplement-labels-say/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/claims-census-what-supplement-labels-say/251,337 label statements analyzed. Most common phrases, where risk-reduction wording comes from, and why 94.5% of iron and 91.4% of caffeine products carry a warning statement.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingClaims Censushttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/collagen-supplements-dose-vs-studied/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/collagen-supplements-dose-vs-studied/The median collagen product declares 1.8 g per serving; the cited trials used 2.5 to 15 g. Gummies run far lower. How hydrolyzed peptides, gelatin and UC-II differ, and what labels leave unsaid.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingCollagenhttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/coq10-ubiquinone-ubiquinol-dose-absorption/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/coq10-ubiquinone-ubiquinol-dose-absorption/97.6% of CoQ10 labels declare ubiquinone, 2.4% ubiquinol. The median is 60 mg, one 100 mg formula is sold by 91 brands, and absorption depends on the oil the CoQ10 sits in.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingCoQ10https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/creatine-monohydrate-5-gram-standard/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/creatine-monohydrate-5-gram-standard/77% of creatine labels declare monohydrate and the most common dose is 5 g, the top of the studied maintenance range. 126 products from 82 brands share one formula. What labels and trials say.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingCreatinehttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/geography-where-supplement-brands-are-based/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/geography-where-supplement-brands-are-based/California, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Utah hold 49% of US-addressed brands in DSLD. Utah has about 1% of US residents but 5.6% of brands. These are brand addresses, not factory locations.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMarket structureGeographyhttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/omega-3-total-vs-epa-dha-fish-oil-labels/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/omega-3-total-vs-epa-dha-fish-oil-labels/More than half of omega-3 labels lead with a total line, and the median declares 501 mg per serving. What labels say, what trials tested, and why EPA plus DHA is the number to find.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingOmega-3https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/probiotics-cfu-strains-and-blends/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/probiotics-cfu-strains-and-blends/89.6% of probiotic ingredient rows sit inside a proprietary blend, the most of any compound we track. What CFU, strain names and 'through expiration' mean, and where the evidence is strain-specific.Alykhan ViraniFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingProbioticshttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/formula-twins-same-formula-different-brands/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/formula-twins-same-formula-different-brands/212 products sold under 91 brand names share one identical formula — one of 4,192 such clusters, covering 17.0% of on-market supplements. How private-label manufacturing works.Alykhan ViraniSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingFormula Twinshttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/melatonin-dose-market-vs-studied/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/melatonin-dose-market-vs-studied/Melatonin has no RDA, no established UL, and no regulatory dose ceiling. On-market doses run 1–10mg; the research behind its sleep-onset effect mostly used 0.5–5mg.Alykhan ViraniSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingMelatoninhttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/upper-limit-watch-niacin-flushing/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/upper-limit-watch-niacin-flushing/29.5% of on-market niacin products declare a dose above the adult tolerable upper intake level, by far the highest share of any compound we track this way. The UL covers two very different forms.Alykhan ViraniSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingUpper Limit Watchhttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/cheap-form-index-curcumin-ashwagandha/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/cheap-form-index-curcumin-ashwagandha/98.1% of curcumin products use the form absorbed worst, and only 3.2% of ashwagandha products use the extract studied in clinical trials. Here is why the form matters as much as the ingredient.Alykhan ViraniTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingCurcuminAshwagandhahttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/gummy-tax-sugar-and-shrinking-doses/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/gummy-tax-sugar-and-shrinking-doses/3,007 on-market US supplements are gummies, 90% sweetened with sugar or syrup, and many deliver a fraction of the active ingredient in a capsule. Here's what the trade-off actually looks like.Alykhan ViraniTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingGummieshttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/restricted-elsewhere-dyes-titanium-dioxide/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/restricted-elsewhere-dyes-titanium-dioxide/4,518 US supplements list titanium dioxide, removed from EU food additives in 2022; 264 still list FD&C Red No. 3, revoked by FDA itself. What's actually binding, and what isn't.Alykhan ViraniTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRegulationExcipientshttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/magnesium-oxide-citrate-glycinate/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/magnesium-oxide-citrate-glycinate/Nearly half of magnesium supplements never name their form, and 1,000 mg of the compound is not 1,000 mg of magnesium. Here is how to read the label.Alykhan ViraniSun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingMagnesiumhttps://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/proprietary-blends-hidden-doses/https://supplementlabelindex.com/blog/proprietary-blends-hidden-doses/More than one in four US supplement labels lists a proprietary blend. Here is what the rules require, what they let brands keep secret, and how to read one.Alykhan ViraniSun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabel readingProprietary blends