GNC SuperFoods
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States
Owned by / part of: GNC Holdings — Harbin Pharmaceutical Group (China)
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.
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Banned April 2023 following DTU risk assessment. All products withdrawn.
⚠️ 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].
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]
Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective procedures using N₂O [5]
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]
Iron supplementation in iron-replete patients may increase cardiovascular and cancer risk — always document deficiency before prescribing [1].
Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
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Coumarin TDI 0.1 mg/kg BW/day. Cassia type exceeds limits at typical supplement doses.
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
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The brand's other 35 identifiable ingredients (Calcium, Silicon, Folate, Niacin…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
45 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.
35 clear8 restricted (sold with limits)2 banned in ≥1 country
+ 20 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
Verified public business information, provided for transparency. We publish facts only.
GNC SuperFoods line. GNC is majority-owned by China's Harbin Pharmaceutical Group.
| Established | United States |
| Ownership | Subsidiary (brand line) |
| Parent corporation | GNC Holdings — Harbin Pharmaceutical Group (China) |
| Public / private | Private |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Sources: https://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/top-companies-reports/top-companies/?cpost_id=54313&cyear=2023
Product forms
Capsule (6)Powder (3)Softgel Capsule (3)Tablet or Pill (2)Other (e.g. tea bag) (1)
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