1 Product identity
Ingredient risk
Contains restricted ingredients
Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Tablets
BrandGesticare→Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM) Tablet or Pill 34 ingredients 1 banned 7 caution DSLD #43183Net contents: 6 Blister Card(s)
Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above
DSLD entry: 2015-03-25
2 Ingredients (34)
IngredientGroupSafety
Microcrystalline CelluloseCellulose—
MaltodextrinMaltodextrin—
StarchStarch—
Citric AcidCitric Acid—
Stearic AcidStearic Acid—
SucroseSucrose—
partially hydrogenated Soybean OilHydrogenated Soybean Oil—
Polyvinyl AlcoholPolyvinyl alcohol—
Polyethylene GlycolPolyethylene glycol—
FD&C Red #40/Allura Red AC Aluminum LakeColor—
FD&C Yellow #6/Sunset Yellow FCF Aluminum LakeColor—
FD&C Blue #1/Brilliant Blue FCF Aluminum LakeColor—
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
Thiamin — Wernicke encephalopathy: classic triad (confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia) is present in only 16% of cases — any ONE element in an at-risk patie…
Vitamin B6 — Sensory neuropathy from chronic high-dose B6 (>200 mg/day) — presents as numbness, ataxia. Can be irreversible. Often self-prescribed by patients…
Vitamin B12 — Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective p…
Iron — Iron supplementation in iron-replete patients may increase cardiovascular and cancer risk — always document deficiency before prescribing [1].
Vitamin D — Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
Zinc — Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
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
Thiamin — Use with Caution
Riboflavin — Generally Safe
⚠ Harmless yellow urine
Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution
Vitamin B12 — Use with Caution
Vitamin C — Generally Safe
⚠ GI distress at high doses
⚠ Kidney stones risk >1g/day
Niacin — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Flushing at >50 mg
⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses
Folate — Conditionally Safe
⚠ May mask B12 deficiency
⚠ Colorectal cancer risk debated
Iron — Use with Caution
⚠ GI upset, constipation
⚠ Fatal toxicity in children
Calcium — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Cardiovascular risk debated >1,000 mg/day
⚠ Kidney stones
Vitamin D — Use with Caution
⚠ Hypercalcemia at >10,000 IU/day
⚠ Vascular calcification risk
Vitamin E — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Increased bleeding risk
⚠ All-cause mortality at >400 IU/day
Iodine — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Thyroid dysfunction at excess
⚠ Kelp: variable content
Zinc — Use with Caution
⚠ Copper deficiency at >40 mg/day
⚠ Nausea, metallic taste
Choline — Generally Safe
⚠ Fishy odor at high doses
Sodium — Limited Evidence
⚠ Hypertension
⚠ Fluid retention
Silicon — Generally Safe
⚠ Very low toxicity
Magnesium — Use with Caution
⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)
⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment
Bovine Gelatin — Limited Evidence
⚠ Must be from halal-slaughtered animals for GCC markets
⚠ BSE/prion concern (source country matters)
Titanium Dioxide — Banned in ≥1 country
⚠ EFSA: can no longer be considered safe as food additive (2021)
⚠ Genotoxicity concern (nanoparticles)
4 Label claims
• Nutrient
• All Other
5 Data source
DSLD ID43183
Full labelView at NIH DSLD →
SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Market statusOn market
Entry date2015-03-25
6 More from Gesticare
View Gesticare Safety Scorecard → 2 products
DHA Capsule7 Cite this page
Vancouver
Pkhakadze G. Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Tablets — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Aug 01]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/multi-vitamin-mineral-tablets-43183/
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
Publisher: PHIG