Glossary
Supplement label and lab report terms
Plain definitions of the words on supplement labels and lab reports: daily value, CFU, IU, proprietary blend, certificate of analysis and more.
- Adequate Intake (AI)
- Adverse event report
- Allergen statement
- Arsenic in supplements
- Best-by date
- Bioavailability
- Bisglycinate
- Cadmium in supplements
- Capsule
- Certificate of analysis (COA)
- Colony-forming unit (CFU)
- Current good manufacturing practice (CGMP)
- Chelate
- Daily Value (%DV)
- Delayed release
- Dietary folate equivalents (DFE)
- Dietary supplement
- Elemental amount
- Enteric coating
- Excipient
- Extract ratio
- Fat-soluble vitamins
- FDA disclaimer
- Fruiting body
- Heavy metals in supplements
- Hydrolyzed collagen
- Identity test
- International unit (IU)
- Label claim
- Lead in supplements
- Lot number
- Magnesium stearate
- Microgram (mcg)
- Mercury in supplements
- Microbial limits
- Microcrystalline cellulose
- Monohydrate
- Mycelium
- Net quantity
- New dietary ingredient
- Niacin equivalents (NE)
- Other ingredients
- Overage
- Potency test
- Prebiotic
- Probiotic strain
- Proposition 65 warning
- Proprietary blend
- Retinol activity equivalents (RAE)
- Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
- Rice flour
- Serving size
- Shelf life
- Silicon dioxide
- Softgel
- Standardized extract
- Structure/function claim
- Supplement Facts panel
- Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
- Vegetarian capsule
- Water-soluble vitamins
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