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dietary supplement
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product that provides additional source of nutrients
OverviewAI-generated
A dietary supplement is a category of products that has been referenced by 1,503 other encyclopedia articles. The subject is associated with a social media following of 282,985 and corresponds to the schema.org class for dietary supplements.
According to Openfoodfacts data, there are 3,292 products listed in this category. The average nutritional profile for these items includes 316 kcal of energy, 6.9 grams of fat, 2.8 grams of saturated fat, 24.1 grams of carbohydrates, 9.3 grams of sugars, 6.4 grams of fiber, 41.7 grams of protein, and 4.5 grams of salt. These products carry a nutriscore of a and a nova group classification of 4.
Research interest in the topic is substantial, with 148,275 entries found in PubMed under the query "dietary supplement."
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Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 3,292 products
- Energy
- 316 kcal
- Fat
- 6.9 g
- — of which saturates
- 2.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 24.1 g
- — of which sugars
- 9.3 g
- Fibre
- 6.4 g
- Protein
- 41.7 g
- Salt
- 4.5 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Research
148,275 papers- Warfarin and food, herbal or dietary supplement interactions: A systematic review.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021
- Common Herbal Dietary Supplement-Drug Interactions.American family physician · 2017
- Select Dietary Supplement Ingredients for Preserving and Protecting the Immune System in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022
- Dietary Supplement Adulteration: Laboratory Approaches to Risk Mitigation.Journal of natural products · 2025
- Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use among Athletes Worldwide: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2022
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
As a pill (iodine) As a capsule (spirulina) As a tablet (B vitamins) As a softgel capsule (cod liver oil) Production of cod liver oil, one of the first dietary supplements manufactured in the 18th century
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet in the form of a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients that are either extracted from food sources or are synthesized (to increase the quantity of their consumption). The classes of nutrient compounds in supplements include vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, and amino acids. Dietary supplements may also contain substances that have not been confirmed as being essential to life, such as plant pigments or polyphenols, and so, by definition, are not necessarily nutrients. However, they may still be marketed as having a beneficial biological effect. Animals can also be a source of supplement ingredients; for example, collagen may be extracted from chickens or fish. Supplements are sold in multiple doses, ranging from one time usage to entire courses. They may also be enhanced with nutrient ingredients.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dietary supplement” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.