1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

Contains restricted ingredients

L-Carnitine 1000 mg

Name: L-Carnitine 1000 mg
Brand: MET-Rx

BrandMET-Rx→Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical Other (e.g. tea bag) 10 ingredients 1 banned 1 caution DSLD #63082

Net contents: 30 Caplet(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2016-07-25

2 Ingredients (10)

IngredientGroupSafety

L-CarnitineL-CarnitineGenerally Safe

CelluloseCellulose—

Stearic AcidStearic Acid—

Polyvinyl AlcoholPolyvinyl alcohol—

SilicaSiliconGenerally Safe

CroscarmelloseCroscarmellose Sodium—

Polyethylene GlycolPolyethylene glycol—

Magnesium SilicateMagnesium SilicateUse with Caution

Vegetable Magnesium StearateMagnesium stearateUse with Caution

Titanium Dioxide colorTitanium DioxideBanned in ≥1 country

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⛔ Contains an ingredient banned in ≥1 country

Titanium Dioxide 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 — France banned TiO₂ in food from January 2020, first EU country.

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].

3 Safety cross-reference

L-Carnitine — Generally Safe

⚠ Fishy body odor

⚠ TMAO concern

Silicon — Generally Safe

⚠ Very low toxicity

Magnesium — Use with Caution

⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)

⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment

Titanium Dioxide — Banned in ≥1 country

⚠ EFSA: can no longer be considered safe as food additive (2021)

⚠ Genotoxicity concern (nanoparticles)

4 Label claims

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID63082

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2016-07-25

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. L-Carnitine 1000 mg — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Aug 29]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/l-carnitine-1000-mg-63082/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

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PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
Publisher: PHIG