How to read a supplement label

A supplement label is a legal document pretending to be packaging. Once you know how to read it, most of the marketing on the front becomes much easier to ignore.

Start with the serving size, because every number on the panel is expressed per serving, and a serving is not always one capsule. Two products can look identical until you notice one of them is asking you to take three.

Then look at the amounts and, where one applies, the %NRV, short for Nutrient Reference Value. It tells you how the amount relates to a general daily reference intake. It is a reference point rather than a target, and it does not exist for every nutrient.

Then read what the product does not say. Vague language usually means the specific version of the claim was not available.

MUTI's own panel is published in full on the Formula page, every amount per daily dose and the form of every nutrient. The %NRV column arrives with the final printed label. Until it does, the site says so instead of guessing, which is the same standard we would want applied to anyone else.