Alcon
Supplement brand · 9 products on market · primarily tablet & softgel capsule
Profile auto-generated from NIH DSLD data
Ingredient risk
Contains restricted ingredients
⛔ Red — banned or high-risk ingredients
Auto-flagged from PHIG regulatory data. Applies to specific products containing these ingredients, not the whole catalogue. Flags show countries named in the source data.
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France banned TiO₂ in food from January 2020, first EU country.
⚠️ Yellow — use with caution or restricted in some markets
Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
Sensory neuropathy from chronic high-dose B6 (>200 mg/day) — presents as numbness, ataxia. Can be irreversible. Often self-prescribed by patients for PMS or carpal tunnel [3]
Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective procedures using N₂O [5]
Wernicke encephalopathy: classic triad (confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia) is present in only 16% of cases — any ONE element in an at-risk patient warrants IV thiamin [5]
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The brand's other 21 identifiable ingredients (Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Copper, Calcium…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
28 of this brand's ingredients matched to PHIG data and classified by regulatory status. Red = banned in ≥1 country · Yellow = restricted but sold · Green = clear.
21 clear6 restricted (sold with limits)1 banned in ≥1 country
+ 6 more clear ingredients not shown.
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No food-safety alerts on record. Cross-checked against the Food Recalls & Alerts archive (🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺).
Company & ownership
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Product forms
Tablet or Pill (5)Softgel Capsule (4)
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