Nature Made VitaMelts
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States · est. 1971
Owned by / part of: Pharmavite LLC (Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Japan)
Ingredient risk
7 ingredients to use with caution
⚠️ 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].
Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective procedures using N₂O [5]
Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
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Not approved as food supplement. Classified as pharmaceutical.
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]
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]
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
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The brand's other 10 identifiable ingredients (Silicon, Sucralose, Vitamin C, Biotin…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
17 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.
10 clear7 restricted (sold with limits)0 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.
VitaMelts is a fast-dissolving line of Nature Made; Nature Made's maker Pharmavite is owned by Japan's Otsuka.
| Established | 1971, United States |
| Ownership | Subsidiary (brand line) |
| Parent corporation | Pharmavite LLC (Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Japan) |
| Public / private | Private (ultimate parent Otsuka, Japan) |
| Stock listing | Ultimate parent: Otsuka Holdings (TSE: 4578) |
| Headquarters | West Hills, California, USA |
Sources: https://www.pharmavite.com/
Product forms
Tablet or Pill (15)
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