TABLE 2.
Frequency of listing blends on dietary supplement labels by product type in the DSLD
| Product type2 | Labels listed 2011–2018 (N = 86,336)1 |
Labels listed 2019–2022 (N = 60,128)1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number3 | Blends %4 | Proprietary blends % | Number | Blends % | Proprietary blends % | |
| Botanicals only | 16,1715 | 215 | 18 | 14,462 | 21 | 17 |
| Multivitamin and mineral only | 1557 | 3 | 1 | 1024 | 2 | 0 |
| Botanical with nutrients | 4995 | 36 | 23 | 2745 | 35 | 20 |
| Nonnutrient/nonbotanical | 10,832 | 19 | 9 | 7607 | 17 | 7 |
| All other combinations | 34,743 | 48 | 29 | 21,856 | 47 | 27 |
| Total | 68,2986 | 356 | 22 | 47,694 | 33 | 20 |
1
Available in the Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) as of April 2022.
2
As coded in the DSLD. Products are coded on the basis of their composition.
3
Number of labels used in the analysis.
4
Percentage includes proprietary blends.
5
Percentage is calculated as a percentage for that product type.
6
Percentage of the number sampled.