Universal
Supplement brand · 🇺🇸 United States · est. 1977
Owned by / part of: Universal Nutrition (Universal Sports Nutrition)
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.
GDM prevention — 4 g/day from first trimester in high-risk women [2]
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France banned TiO₂ in food from January 2020, first EU country.
⚠️ 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]
Iron supplementation in iron-replete patients may increase cardiovascular and cancer risk — always document deficiency before prescribing [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]
Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
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High caffeine warnings mandatory on products >150 mg/L.
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e (1981). ADI: 50 mg/kg/day (higher than EU). PKU warning label mandatory [1]. || European Union (EFSA) :: Approved as E
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The brand's other 48 identifiable ingredients (Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, Sucralose…) carry no sale bans or restrictions — clear.
Ingredient safety profile
59 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.
48 clear9 restricted (sold with limits)2 banned in ≥1 country
+ 33 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.
Universal Nutrition, a family-owned sports-nutrition company founded 1977, based in New Jersey (also makes Animal brand).
| Established | 1977, United States |
| Ownership | Independent, family-owned |
| Parent corporation | Universal Nutrition (Universal Sports Nutrition) |
| Public / private | Private (family-owned) |
| Headquarters | New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
Sources: https://www.universalnutrition.com/
Product forms
Powder (56)Capsule (12)Tablet or Pill (8)Softgel Capsule (2)Liquid (2)Other (e.g. tea bag) (1)
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