KAL
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States · est. 1932
Owned by / part of: Nutraceutical Corporation (HGGC private equity)
Ingredient risk
Contains restricted ingredients
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GDM prevention — 4 g/day from first trimester in high-risk women [2]
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Banned April 2023 following DTU risk assessment. All products withdrawn.
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Banned in herbal medicines due to PA hepatotoxicity risk.
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Not approved for OTC sale as supplement.
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ates (FDA) :: Dietary supplement. Picamilon (GABA + niacin) banned as supplement (2015) [1]. || Japan :: GABA is a popular functional food i
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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]
Iron supplementation in iron-replete patients may increase cardiovascular and cancer risk — always document deficiency before prescribing [1].
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]
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Not approved as food supplement. Classified as pharmaceutical.
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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Coumarin TDI 0.1 mg/kg BW/day. Cassia type exceeds limits at typical supplement doses.
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d health claims. Classified as a food supplement (novel food category in some jurisdictions) [2]. || Japan (MHLW) :: Col
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The brand's other 27 identifiable ingredients (Silicon, Turmeric / Curcumin, Vitamin C, Calcium…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
42 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.
27 clear10 restricted (sold with limits)5 banned in ≥1 country
+ 12 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.
KAL is a long-standing vitamin brand (origins in 1930s California) owned by Nutraceutical Corporation, the same group as Solaray; Nutraceutical was taken private by PE firm HGGC in 2017 (~$446m).
| Established | 1932, United States |
| Ownership | Subsidiary |
| Parent corporation | Nutraceutical Corporation (HGGC private equity) |
| Public / private | Private (PE-owned) |
| Headquarters | Park City, Utah, USA |
Sources: https://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/hggc-swallows-up-vitamin-distributor-nutraceutical
Product forms
Tablet or Pill (12)Capsule (2)Softgel Capsule (2)Liquid (1)Powder (1)
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