Nutrients.
Vitamin D, magnesium, omega-3, a green powder and a bright red pigment: the nutrient shelf is wide, and the gut-health tubs sit right next door.
This is the home for our guides on the nutrients you meet on labels, from the everyday ones to the algae-derived ones. It is for anyone curious about what a product contains and how to read the amounts on the pack.
What brought you here?
Open its guide below: vitamin D, magnesium or omega-3.
Start with Spirulina and chlorella: what is the difference?, then Astaxanthin if the pigment is on your shelf.
If the tub says probiotic, prebiotic or postbiotic, begin with Probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics.
Good questions.
Useful places to start.
- 01
Who is advised to supplement in the Netherlands, and what do blood-test numbers mean?
Vitamin D in the Netherlands and Europe: Who Is Advised to Supplement and What the Numbers Mean
- 02
How do forms of magnesium differ, and why compare magnesium per daily portion?
Magnesium forms: what's actually different?
- 03
How do you read EPA and DHA on a label, and how do fish, krill and algal oils compare?
Omega-3: EPA, DHA, fish and algae
- 04
What does a protein percentage mean per serving, and how do the two differ?
Spirulina and chlorella: what is the difference?
- 05
What has research looked at, outcome by outcome, and how do you read the label?
Astaxanthin: what the research shows and what it doesn't
- 06
The odd one out here: a gut-health guide among the nutrients. What does each term mean, and how do you read a pack?
Probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics: what each term means