Nature's Bounty
Magnesium 500 mg
$0.01Cost / 100 mg elemental Mg
500 mg elemental Mg / serving · 100 servings
Magnesium / reviewed label
Sports Research
Magnesium Glycinate 160 mg
A closer look at this reviewed label. Numbers are normalized per serving so you can see what is disclosed and what is not.
Elemental Mg / serving160 mgBased on 2 veggie capsules per serving
Amounts are taken from the linked label and reviewed by an editor; they are not independent laboratory measurements. Seller prices may change.
01 / THE FACTS
What the label says
- Serving size
- 2 veggie capsules
- Servings per container
- 45
- Elemental Mg per serving
- 160 mg
- Magnesium compound form
- Chelated glycinate
- Product form
- Capsule
- Ingredients
- Magnesium (from 1441 mg chelated magnesium glycinate), veggie capsule (hypromellose), organic rice hulls
Elemental magnesium is the comparable amount. Front-of-bottle compound weight (e.g. "glycinate 400 mg") can be several times higher.
02 / THE MATH
On the same scale
- Elemental Mg / serving
- 160 mg
- Cost per serving
- $0.40
- Cost / 100 mg elemental Mg
- $0.25
Unit cost compares disclosed amounts, not absorption, effectiveness or product quality. Missing disclosure is not zero.
03 / IN THE SAME CATEGORY
See all 10 Magnesium products How it stacks up
This product: $0.25 per 100 mg elemental Mg — 7th lowest of 10 in this category. The three lowest-cost options are shown below.
Nutricost
Magnesium Glycinate 210 mg
$0.12Cost / 100 mg elemental Mg
210 mg elemental Mg / serving · 60 servings
Double Wood Supplements
Magnesium Glycinate 400 mg
$0.16Cost / 100 mg elemental Mg
60 mg elemental Mg / serving · 180 servings