Chromium Picolinate
Chromium Picolinate is a tier 1 form of Chromium, used in 1,919 on-market products and providing 12.4% elemental chromium by weight.
1,919
on-market products
tier 1
quality tier
12.4%
elemental fraction
Basis: Cr(C6H4NO2)3, anhydrous, MW 418.3
Why this tier: Produced significantly higher 24h urinary Cr than chloride/nicotinate forms in a randomized crossover; the form used in the positive Anderson 1997 glycemic-control RCT.
Source: DiSilvestro RA, Dy E. 2007, J Trace Elem Med Biol 21(2):120-4, PMID 17499152; Anderson RA et al. 1997, PMID 9356027