NOW Foods
Supplement brand · 192 products on market · primarily powder
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.
Use cautiously in severely immunocompromised patients, ICU patients, and those with central venous catheters — rare cases of probiotic bacteremia and fungemia reported [1].
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ates (FDA) :: Dietary supplement. Picamilon (GABA + niacin) banned as supplement (2015) [1]. || Japan :: GABA is a popular functional food i
Dog owner not warned about xylitol toxicity — potentially fatal to dogs [1]
⚠️ Yellow — use with caution or restricted in some markets
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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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fe). Dietary supplement [1]. || European Union :: Novel food/dietary supplement. Available throughout EU [1]. || WHO ::
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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]
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]
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].
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as food supplement. No authorized health claims. Novel food status in some jurisdictions [1]. || Japan (MHLW) :: Long h
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The brand's other 31 identifiable ingredients (Omega-3 (EPA), Glucosamine, L-Lysine, Creatine…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
43 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.
31 clear9 restricted (sold with limits)3 banned in ≥1 country
+ 16 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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