Bayer Citacal
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States
Owned by / part of: Bayer AG (Germany)
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].
Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
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]
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The brand's other 8 identifiable ingredients (Calcium, Manganese, Copper, Inulin…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
13 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.
8 clear4 restricted (sold with limits)1 banned in ≥1 country
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No food-safety alerts on record. Cross-checked against the Food Recalls & Alerts archive (🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺).
Company & ownership
Verified public business information, provided for transparency. We publish facts only.
Citracal calcium brand, part of Bayer Consumer Health. Bayer AG is a German multinational.
| Established | United States |
| Ownership | Subsidiary (brand) |
| Parent corporation | Bayer AG (Germany) |
| Public / private | Private (parent Bayer publicly traded) |
| Stock listing | Parent: Bayer AG (ETR: BAYN) |
| Headquarters | Whippany, New Jersey, USA (Bayer Consumer Health US) |
Sources: https://www.bayer.com/
Product forms
Tablet or Pill (9)Other (e.g. tea bag) (1)Gummy or Jelly (1)
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