Other Ingredients: What the Base Tells You
The 'other ingredients' line lists the base, gelling agents, sweeteners, acids and colourings. In a gummy it is where the sugar, the pe
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Reading a Supplement Facts panel properly — %DV, serving sizes, nutrient forms, ingredient order and what the gummy base is made of.
The 'other ingredients' line lists the base, gelling agents, sweeteners, acids and colourings. In a gummy it is where the sugar, the pe
All amounts on a panel are per serving, and a serving may be one gummy or four. That changes both the dose and the true cost per day.
Phrases like 'supports healthy skin' or 'promotes radiance' are structure-function claims, permitted without pre-approval provided the
The phrase usually means an ingredient has been studied somewhere, by someone, at some dose — not that the finished product has been tr
Gummies carry sugar and hold less active material per unit; capsules carry more and taste of nothing. The decisive factor is usually wh
The form in brackets after a nutrient name — zinc citrate, methylcobalamin, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate — decides how much of the printe
Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, both in a proprietary blend and in the 'other ingredients' line. That ordering is
Marketing artwork is written to sell; the Supplement Facts panel is a regulated disclosure. When they conflict, the panel describes wha
The %DV column shows how much a serving contributes to a reference daily intake. It exists for vitamins and minerals but not for botani
A panel gives you the serving size, the amount of each nutrient per serving, the percentage of Daily Value where one exists, and what t