Nutricost
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States · est. 2014
Owned by / part of: GreenGrass Foods, Inc.
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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loss at ≥3 g/day [1]. || Australia :: Glucomannan TABLETS banned due to choking hazard [2]. || United States :: Dietary supplement [1]. ||
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Not approved for OTC sale as supplement.
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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 All products withdrawn.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].
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]
Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective procedures using N₂O [5]
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].
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Not approved as food supplement. Classified as pharmaceutical.
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The brand's other 17 identifiable ingredients (Potassium, Calcium, Sodium, Vitamin C…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
27 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.
17 clear7 restricted (sold with limits)3 banned in ≥1 country
+ 2 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.
Value bulk-supplement brand (Nutricost) by GreenGrass Foods, based in Utah; large online presence.
| Established | 2014, United States |
| Ownership | Subsidiary |
| Parent corporation | GreenGrass Foods, Inc. |
| Public / private | Private |
| Headquarters | Vineyard, Utah, USA |
Sources: https://nutricost.com/
Product forms
Powder (24)Capsule (20)Softgel Capsule (3)
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