Check your supplements
Daily amounts, daily cost and overlapping ingredients. Based on German and EU reference values.
- Distinguish amounts from EU labelling references
- Calculate daily cost from the pack price
- See overlapping ingredients in your supplements
Example
Product comparison
Magnesium A
- Pack price
- €9.00
- Contents: 60 capsules
- 1 capsule per day
- per day
- 200 mg
- Share of the EU reference value for labelling (NRV)
- 53 %
- Price per day
- €0.15
- Form
- Citrate
€9.00 ÷ 60 = €0.15 per day
Magnesium B
- Pack price
- €12.00
- Contents: 60 capsules
- 1 capsule per day
- per day
- 150 mg
- Share of the EU reference value for labelling (NRV)
- 40 %
- Price per day
- €0.20
- Form
- Oxide
€12.00 ÷ 60 = €0.20 per day
Better choice: Magnesium A
- Share of NRV (up to 100% counts): Advantage. Magnesium A: 53.3 %; Magnesium B: 40 %.
- Form: Advantage. Magnesium A: Magnesiumcitrat (rated good); Magnesium B: Magnesiumoxid (rated less favourably).
- Price per day: Advantage. Magnesium A: €0.15; Magnesium B: €0.20.
NRV is an EU reference value for labelling, not your personal requirement. Example sources: EU label reference values (NRV), BfR 2021, EFSA.