Brand · NIH DSLD snapshot 2026-08-10
Nature's Sunshine magnesium supplements: 2 products, 184–250 mg of magnesium per serving
2 Nature's Sunshine magnesium products: Magnesium, 250 mg per tablet, and Magnesium Complex, 92 mg per capsule from citrate + malate. Prices inside.
Nature's Sunshine files 2 on-market magnesium labels in NIH DSLD using no salt named in the filed records; no capsule label names one salt and one amount that can be checked against capsule sizes. Median declared amount 217 mg per serving; 1 of 2 labels has a matched US price as of 2026-11-02. Snapshot 2026-08-10.
computed from filed labelsData release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · registry snapshot 2026-08-10 · latest price observation 2026-11-02 · chemistry 2026-10-17
Elemental: The magnesium itself; the rest of the compound weight is the partner molecule.
Size 000: The largest standard capsule, about 1,100 mg of powder at 0.8 g/mL, the top of the usual 0.6–0.8 range.
Estimated salt mass versus assumed capsule capacity
No Nature's Sunshine capsule label has a single resolved salt and one declared amount as of 2026-08-10, so no capsule verdict is counted.
computed with assumption| Verdict | Nature's Sunshine | All audited capsule labels |
|---|---|---|
| Fits size 0 or 00 | no audited capsule label | 82 of 137 |
| Needs size 000 | no audited capsule label | 47 of 137 |
| Exceeds size 000 | no audited capsule label | 8 of 137 |
Source · NIH DSLD labels; mass balance · recognized salt only; snapshot 2026-08-10 · release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · CSV · method
How do Nature's Sunshine's prices compare within each salt?
1 of 2 Nature's Sunshine labels has a matched US price as of 2026-11-02; each is compared with the median of its own salt, never across salts, per 100 mg of declared elemental magnesium.
computed| Label | Salt | Per 100 mg | Same-salt median | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature's Sunshine Magnesium Complex | citrate | $0.2168 | $0.1159 | 2026-10-26 |
Source · Amazon via licensed data provider; NIH DSLD · unique ASIN × date; prices observed 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-02 · release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · CSV · method
Does the FDA hold recall or adverse event records naming Nature's Sunshine?
The FDA enforcement data queried 2026-10-19 holds 7 recall records naming Nature's Sunshine, 0 of them about a magnesium product. CAERS holds adverse event reports naming the brand, as it does for 143 of 273 brands here; openFDA states that “there is no certainty that the reported event (adverse event) was actually due to the product” and that reports “cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events.”
measured| Recall | Date | Reason | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-0779-2020 | 2020-03-04 | Notified by supplier that flax seed used in products is under recall due to detection of unapproved herbicide. | Terminated |
| F-0781-2020 | 2020-03-04 | Notified by supplier that flax seed used in products is under recall due to detection of unapproved herbicide. | Terminated |
| F-0778-2020 | 2020-03-04 | Notified by supplier that flax seed used in products is under recall due to detection of unapproved herbicide. | Terminated |
| F-0782-2020 | 2020-03-04 | Notified by supplier that flax seed used in products is under recall due to detection of unapproved herbicide. | Terminated |
| F-0780-2020 | 2020-03-04 | Notified by supplier that flax seed used in products is under recall due to detection of unapproved herbicide. | Terminated |
| F-0792-2021 | 2021-05-19 | The firm was notified by an ingredient supplier of Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) that the ingredient potentially contained traces of milk. This affected two of the firm's products that are marketed and sold as vegan and dairy-free. | Terminated |
| F-0791-2021 | 2021-05-19 | The firm was notified by its ingredient supplier of Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) that the ingredient potentially contained traces of milk. This affected two of the firm's products that are marketed and sold as vegan and dairy-free. | Terminated |
FDA record register and matching method
Source · openFDA enforcement and CAERS · queried 2026-10-19 · release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · CSV · method
What else goes into Nature's Sunshine's labels, and what do they declare?
2 of 2 Nature's Sunshine labels list magnesium stearate, 0 use a gelatin shell and 2 a cellulose shell; 2 distinct filed declarations appear across them. Listed ingredients are filed names, not quantities.
measured| Filed entry | Labels |
|---|---|
| cellulose | 2 of 2 |
| magnesium stearate | 2 of 2 |
| silicon dioxide | 1 of 2 |
| stearic acid | 1 of 2 |
| Adult (18 - 50 Years) | 2 of 2 |
| Kosher | 1 of 2 |
Source · NIH DSLD labels · snapshot 2026-08-10 · release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · CSV · method
Which Nature's Sunshine labels are on file, and what does each declare?
Nature's Sunshine has 2 on-market labels in the NIH DSLD snapshot 2026-08-10, with a median declared amount of 217 mg of elemental magnesium per serving; each row opens the label's own arithmetic.
measured| Label | Declared per serving | Salt | Capsule verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature's Sunshine Magnesium | 250 mg | not resolved | not computable |
| Nature's Sunshine Magnesium Complex | 184 mg | not resolved | not computable |
Source · NIH DSLD labels · snapshot 2026-08-10 · release 2026-08-10-f441aa9f · CSV · method