Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to food supplements
Date: 2001-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, approximation of laws, consumer protection, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition

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Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approxi-
mation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements (1)

(2001/C 180 E/23)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 159 final (cid:151) 2000/0080(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty on 19 March 2001)

(1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 207.

INITIAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1) There is an increasing number of products marketed in
the Community as foods containing concentrated sources
of nutrients and presented for supplementing the intake of
those nutrients from the normal diet.

rules

that may impede their

(2) Those products are regulated in Member States by
differing national
free
movement, may create unequal conditions of competition,
and thus have a direct impact on the functioning of the
internal market.
therefore necessary to adopt
Community
rules on those products marketed as
foodstuffs.

is

It

(3) An adequate and varied diet could, under normal circum-
stances, provide all necessary nutrients for normal devel-
opment and maintenance of a healthy life in quantities as
those
generally
acceptable scientific data. However, surveys show that
this ideal situation is not being achieved for all nutrients
and by all groups of
the
Community.

the population across

recommended

established

and

by

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(4) Consumers, because of their particular lifestyles or for
other reasons, may choose to supplement their intake of
some nutrients through food supplements.

(5) In order

to ensure a high level of protection for
consumers and facilitate their choice the products that
will be put onto the market must be safe and bear
adequate and appropriate labelling.

(6) There is a wide range of nutrients and other ingredients
that might be present in food supplements including, but
not limited to, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential
fatty acids, fibre and various plant and herbal extracts.

However as a first stage, this Directive should only cover
food supplements containing vitamins and minerals.

(7) As a first stage, this Directive should only cover food
supplements containing vitamins and minerals. Food
supplements containing vitamins or minerals among
should be in conformity with the
their
specific rules on vitamins and minerals laid down in
this Directive.

ingredients

(8) Specific

rules

concerning other nutrients or other
substances with nutritional or physiological
function
used as ingredients of food supplements should be laid
down at a later stage, provided that adequate and appro-
priate scientific data about them become available. Until
such specific Community rules and
the adoption of
without prejudice
the Treaty,
national rules concerning nutrients or other substances
with nutritional or physiological function as ingredients
of food supplements, for which no Community specific
rules have been adopted, may be applicable.

to the provisions of

(7) Only vitamins and minerals normally found in and
consumed as part of the diet and considered essential
in food
should be allowed to be present
nutrients
their
supplements although this does not mean that
presence therein is necessary. Controversy as
to the
identity of those essential nutrients that could potentially
arise should be avoided. Therefore it is appropriate to
establish a positive list of those vitamins and minerals.

(9) Only vitamins and minerals normally found in and
consumed as part of the diet should be allowed to be
in food supplements although this does not
present
mean that their presence therein is necessary. Controversy
as to the identity of those essential nutrients that could
potentially arise should be avoided. Therefore it is appro-
priate to establish a positive list of those vitamins and
minerals.

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(10) There is a wide range of vitamin preparations and mineral
substances used in the manufacture of food supplements
currently marketed in some Member states that have not
been evaluated by the Scientific Committee for Food and
consequently are not included in the positive lists. These
should be submitted to the Scientific Committee for Food
for urgent evaluation, as soon as appropriate files are
presented by the interested parties.

(8) The chemical substances used as sources of vitamins and
minerals in the manufacture of food supplements should
be safe and also be available to be used by the body. For
this reason, a positive list of those substances should also
be established. Such substances as have been approved by
the Scientific Committee for Food, on the basis of the said
criteria, for use in the manufacture of foods intended for
infants and young children and other foods for particular
nutritional uses can also be used in the manufacture of
food supplements.

(11) The chemical substances used as sources of vitamins and
minerals in the manufacture of food supplements should
be safe and also be available to be used by the body. For
this reason, a positive list of those substances should also
be established. Such substances as have been approved by
the Scientific Committee for Food, on the basis of the said
criteria, for use in the manufacture of foods intended for
infants and young children and other foods for particular
nutritional uses can also be used in the manufacture of
food supplements.

it

is

(9) In order to keep up with scientific and technological
lists
important
developments
promptly, when necessary. Such revisions would be
implementing measures of a technical nature and their
adoption should be entrusted to the Commission in
order to simplify and expedite the procedure.

to revise

the

it

(12) In order to keep up with scientific and technological
lists
important
developments
promptly, when necessary. Such revisions would be
implementing measures of a technical nature and their
adoption should be entrusted to the Commission in
order to simplify and expedite the procedure.

to revise

the

is

(10) For vitamins and minerals excessive intakes may result in
adverse effects and therefore necessitate the setting of
maximum safe levels for them in food supplements, as
appropriate. Those levels must ensure that the normal
the instructions of use
use of
provided by the manufacturer will be safe for
the
consumer.

the products under

(13) For vitamins and minerals excessive intakes may result in
adverse effects and therefore necessitate the setting of
maximum safe levels for them in food supplements, as
appropriate. Those levels must ensure that the normal
the instructions of use
use of
provided by the manufacturer will be safe for
the
consumer.

the products under

(11) For that reason, when setting those maximum safe levels,
account should be taken of the upper safe levels of the
vitamins or minerals, as established by scientific risk
assessment based on generally acceptable scientific data,
of intakes of those nutrients from the normal diet and of
the fact that for some nutrients upper safe levels may be
close
recommended for
that may be
consumption. The latter consideration is of particular
importance where generally acceptable scientific data
prove that excess intake of the vitamins and minerals
concerned cause adverse effects.

to the

level

(14) For that reason, when setting those maximum safe levels,
account should be taken of the upper safe levels of the
vitamins or minerals, as established by scientific risk
assessment based on generally acceptable scientific data,
of intakes of those nutrients from the normal diet and of
the fact that for some nutrients upper safe levels may be
close
recommended for
that may be
consumption. The latter consideration is of particular
importance where generally acceptable scientific data
prove that excess intake of
the vitamins and minerals
concerned cause adverse effects.

to the

level

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(12) Food supplements are purchased by consumers for supple-
menting intakes from the diet. In order to ensure that this
aim is achieved, if vitamins and minerals are declared on
the label of food supplements, they should be present in
the product in a significant amount.

(15) Food supplements are purchased by consumers for supple-
menting intakes from the diet. In order to ensure that this
aim is achieved, if vitamins and minerals are declared on
the label of food supplements, they should be present in
the product in a significant amount.

(13) The adoption of the specific values for maximum and
minimum levels for vitamins and minerals present
in
food supplements, based on the criteria set out in this
Directive and appropriate scientific advice, would be an
implementing measure and should be entrusted to the
Commission.

(16) The adoption of the specific values for maximum and
minimum levels for vitamins and minerals present
in
food supplements, based on the criteria set out in this
Directive and appropriate scientific advice, would be an
implementing measure and should be entrusted to the
Commission.

the laws of

(14) General labelling provisions and definitions are contained
in Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on
the approximation of
the Member States
relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of
foodstuffs (1) for sale to the ultimate consumer, as last
amended by Directive 97/4/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council (2), and do not need to be repeated.
This Directive can therefore be confined to the necessary
additional provisions.

(17) General labelling provisions and definitions are contained
in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and
foodstuffs (1) and do not need to be
advertising of
repeated. This Directive should therefore be confined to
the necessary additional provisions.

(15) Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on
nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (3) does not apply to food
supplements. Information relating to nutrient content in
food supplements is essential for allowing the consumer
who purchases them to make an informed choice and use
in
them properly and safely. That
view of the nature of those products, be confined to the
nutrients actually present and be compulsory.

information should,

(18) Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on
nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (2) does not apply to food
supplements. Information relating to nutrient content in
food supplements is essential for allowing the consumer
who purchases them to make an informed choice and use
in
them properly and safely. That
view of the nature of those products, be confined to the
nutrients actually present and be compulsory.

information should,

(16) Given the particular nature of

food supplements,
additional means to those usually available to monitoring
bodies should be available in order to facilitate efficient
monitoring of those products.

(19) Given the particular nature of

food supplements,
additional means to those usually available to monitoring
bodies should be available in order to facilitate efficient
monitoring of those products.

(17) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Directive are measures of general scope within the
meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of
28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise
of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4),
they should be adopted by use of
regulatory
procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision,

the

(20) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Directive are measures of general scope within the
meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of
28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise
of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (3),
they should be adopted by use of
regulatory
procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision,

the

___________
(1) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 276, 6.10.1990, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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(1) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 276, 6.10.1990, p. 40.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

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Article 1

This Directive concerns food supplements marketed in

1.
pre-packaged form as foodstuffs and presented as such.

2.

This Directive does not apply to:

(a) foods for particular nutritional uses covered by Council

Directive 89/398/EEC (1);

(b) medicinal

products

covered

by

Council Directive

65/65/EEC (2).

Article 2

1.

For the purposes of this Directive:

(a) (cid:145)food supplements(cid:146) means foodstuffs that are concentrated
sources of nutrients as specified in (b), alone or in combi-
nation, marketed in dose form, whose purpose is
to
supplement the intake of those nutrients in the normal diet;

(a) (cid:145)food supplements(cid:146) means foodstuffs that are concentrated
sources of nutrients or other substances with a nutritional
or physiological
in combination,
marketed in dose form, whose purpose is to supplement
the intake of those nutrients in the normal diet;

alone or

function,

(b) (cid:145)nutrients(cid:146) means the following substances:

Unchanged

(i) vitamins listed in point 1 of Annex I,

(ii) minerals listed in point 2 of Annex I;

(c) (cid:145)dose form(cid:146) means forms such as capsules, tablets, pills and
other similar forms, sachets of powder, ampoules of liquids
and drop dispensing bottles.

(c) (cid:145)dose form(cid:146) means forms such as capsules, pastilles, tablets,
pills and other similar forms, sachets of powder, ampoules
of liquids, drop dispensing bottles and other similar forms
of liquids and powders designed to be taken in measured
small unit quantities.

Specific rules on other substances with a nutritional or

2.
physiological function shall be laid down at a later stage.

Article 3

Unchanged

shall

ensure

Member States
containing the nutrients
marketed within the Community only if
the rules laid down in this Directive.

food supplements
listed in Article 2(b) may be
they comply with

that

the

shall

ensure

Member States
containing the nutrients
marketed within the Community only if
the rules laid down in this Directive.

food supplements
listed in Article 2(1)(b) may be
they comply with

that

the

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(1) OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 22, 9.2.1965, p. 369.

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Article 4

Unchanged

1.
Only the vitamins and minerals listed in Annex I and the
vitamin formulations and the permitted mineral substances
listed in Annex II may be used for the manufacture of food
supplements.

2.
The criteria of purity for the substances, referred to in
paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 13(2).

2.
The purity criteria for the substances, listed in Annex II,
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 13(2) except where they apply pursuant to paragraph
3.

3.
Purity criteria for substances listed in Annex II, specified
by Community legislation for their use in the manufacture of
than those covered by this
foodstuffs for purposes other
Directive, shall apply.

4.
For those substances listed in Annex II for which purity
criteria are not specified by Community legislation, and until
the adoption of such specifications, generally acceptable purity
criteria recommended by international bodies
shall apply.
National rules setting stricter purity criteria may be maintained.

3. Modifications to the lists referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 13(2).

5. Modifications to the lists referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 13(2).

Article 5

Unchanged

1. Maximum amounts of vitamins and minerals present in
food supplements per daily portion of consumption as recom-
mended by the manufacturer shall be set taking the following
into account:

(a) upper safe levels of vitamins and minerals established by
scientific risk assessment based on generally acceptable
scientific data;

(a) upper safe levels of vitamins and minerals established by
scientific risk assessment based on generally acceptable
scientific data that take into account, as appropriate, the
varying degrees of sensitivity of different groups of the
population;

(b) reference intakes of vitamins and minerals for the popu-
lation, where these are close to the upper safe levels;

Unchanged

(c) intakes of vitamins and minerals from other dietary sources.

To ensure that

significant amounts of vitamins and
2.
minerals
in food supplements minimum
amounts per daily portion of consumption as recommended
by the manufacturer shall be set, as appropriate.

shall be present

3.
The maximum and minimum amounts of vitamins and
minerals referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).

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Article 6

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1.
The name under which products covered by this Directive
are sold shall include the word (cid:145)supplement(cid:146) and the name of
the category of the nutrient(s) characterising the product. The
name of the category of the nutrient(s) may be completed or
replaced by the specific name of the nutrient(s) characterising
the product.

2.
The labelling, presentation and advertising must not
attribute to food supplements the property of preventing,
treating or curing a human disease, or refer to such properties.

3. Without prejudice to the requirements of Directive
79/112/EEC, the labelling shall bear the following mandatory
particulars:

3. Without prejudice to the requirements of Directive
2000/13/EC, the labelling shall bear the following mandatory
particulars:

(a) the portion of
consumption;

the product

recommended for daily

Unchanged

(b) a warning as to the possible health risks, as the case may
in exceeding the recommended portion for daily

be,
consumption;

(c) a statement to the effect that food supplements should not

(c) a statement to the effect that food supplements should not

be used as a substitute for a diversified diet.

be used as a substitute for a diversified diet;

(d) a statement to the effect that the products should be stored

out of the reach of children.

4. When the form of presentation is similar to a phar-
maceutical form as defined by pharmacopoeias, the statement
(cid:145)This is not a medicinal product(cid:146) shall appear on the label.

Deleted

Article 7

Unchanged

The labelling of
include any
mention stating or implying that an adequate and diversified
diet cannot provide appropriate quantities of nutrients .

food supplements

shall not

shall not

food supplements

The labelling of
include any
mention stating or implying that an adequate and diversified
diet cannot provide appropriate quantities of nutrients in
general. This
the provision therein of
information about the need for supplementation of the diet
of specific population groups where this has been established
by generally accepted scientific data.

shall not prevent

Article 8

Unchanged

The amount of

1.
listed in Article 2(b)
the nutrient(s)
present in the product shall be declared in the labelling in
numerical form. The units to be used shall be those specified
in Annex I.

1.
The amount of the nutrient(s) listed in Article 2(1)(b)
present in the product shall be declared in the labelling in
numerical form. The units to be used shall be those specified
in Annex I.

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2.
The amounts of the nutrient(s) declared shall be those per
portion of the product as recommended for daily consumption
on the labelling and per unit dose form, as appropriate. The
amounts declared shall be those of the product as sold.

Unchanged

Information on vitamins and minerals

shall also be
3.
expressed as a percentage of the reference values mentioned,
as the case may be, in the Annex to Directive 90/496/EEC.

Article 9

The declared values mentioned in Article 8(1) and (2)
1.
shall be average values based on the manufacturer’s analysis
of the product.

The rules for implementing this paragraph with regard in
particular to the differences between the declared values and
those established in the course of official checks shall be
decided upon in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 13(2).

2.
The percentage of the reference values for vitamins and
minerals mentioned in Article 8(3) may also be given in
graphical form.

Rules for implementing this paragraph may be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).

Article 10

To facilitate efficient monitoring of food supplements, when a
product is placed on the market the manufacturer or, where a
product is manufactured in a third country, the importer, shall
notify the competent authority of each Member State where
the product is being marketed by forwarding it a model of the
label used for the product.

Member States may not impose this requirement, if they can
demonstrate to the Commission that notification is not
necessary in order to monitor those products efficiently in
their territory.

Article 11

for reasons related to their
1. Member States shall not,
composition, manufacturing specifications, presentation or
labelling, prohibit or restrict trade in products referred to in
Article 1 which comply with this Directive and where appro-
priate, with Community acts adopted in implementation of this
Directive.

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2. Without prejudice to the relevant provisions of the EC
Treaty, in particular Articles 28 and 30 thereof, paragraph 1
shall not affect national provisions which are applicable in the
absence of Community acts adopted in implementation of this
Directive.

Article 12

1. Where a Member State, as a result of new information or
of a reassessment of existing information made since this
Directive or one of the implementing Community acts was
adopted, has detailed grounds for establishing that a product
referred to in Article 1 endangers human health though it
complies with those provisions,
that Member State may
temporarily suspend or restrict application of the provisions
in question within its territory. It shall immediately inform the
other Member States and the Commission thereof and give
reasons for its decision.

2.
The Commission shall examine as soon as possible the
grounds adduced by the Member State concerned and shall
the Member States within the Standing Committee
consult
for Foodstuffs, and shall
its opinion without
delay and take appropriate measures.

then deliver

to the

implementing Community acts

If the Commission considers that amendments to this
3.
Directive or
are
necessary in order to remedy the difficulties mentioned in
paragraph 1 and to ensure the protection of human health,
it shall initiate the procedure referred to in Article 13(2) with
a view to adopting those amendments. The Member State that
has adopted safeguard measures may in that event retain them
until the amendments have been adopted.

Article 13

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing
Committee for Foodstuffs instituted by Decision 69/414/EEC (1).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory
procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall apply,
in compliance with Article 7(3) and Article 8
thereof.

The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be three months.

Article 14

Provisions that may have an effect upon public health shall be
adopted after consultation with the Scientific Committee for
Food.

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(1) OJ L 291, 19.11.1969, p. 9.

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Article 15

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Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 31 May 2002. They shall forthwith inform the
Commission thereof.

Those laws, regulations and administrative provisions shall be
applied in such a way as to:

(a) permit trade in products complying with this Directive,

from 1 June 2002 at the latest;

(b) prohibit trade in products which do not comply with the

Directive, from 1 June 2004 at the latest.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of
their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

Article 16

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 17

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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Vitamins and minerals which may be used in the manufacture of food supplements

ANNEX I

1. Vitamins

Vitamin A ((cid:236)g RE)

Vitamin D ((cid:236)g)

Vitamin E (mg Æ-TE)

Vitamin K ((cid:236)g)

Vitamin B1 (mg)

Vitamin B2 (mg)

Niacin (mg NE)

Pantothenic acid (mg)

Vitamin B6 ((cid:236)g)

Folic acid ((cid:236)g)

Vitamin B12 ((cid:236)g)

Biotin ((cid:236)g)

Vitamin C (mg)

2. Minerals

Calcium (mg)

Magnesium (mg)

Iron (mg)
Copper ((cid:236)g)

Iodine ((cid:236)g)

Zinc (mg)
Manganese (mg)

Sodium (mg)

Potassium (mg)

Seleniumn ((cid:236)g)
Chromium ((cid:236)g)

Molybdenum ((cid:236)g)

Fluoride (mg)
Chloride (mg)

Phosphorus (mg)

Vitamin and mineral substances which may be used in the manufacture of food supplements

ANNEX II

1. Vitamins
VITAMIN A

(cid:151) retinol

(cid:151) retinyl acetate

(cid:151) retinyl palmitate

(cid:151) beta-carotene

VITAMIN D
(cid:151) cholecalciferol

(cid:151) ergocalciferol

VITAMIN E

(cid:151) D-alpha-tocopherol

(cid:151) DL-alpha-tocopherol

(cid:151) D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate

(cid:151) DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate

(cid:151) D-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate

VITAMIN K
(cid:151) phylloquinone (phytomenadione)

VITAMIN B1

(cid:151) thiamin hydrochloride

(cid:151) thiamin mononitrate

VITAMIN B2
(cid:151) riboflavin

(cid:151) riboflavin 5’-phosphate, sodium

NIACIN

(cid:151) nicotinic acid

(cid:151) nicotinamide

PANTOTHENIC ACID

(cid:151) D-pantothenate, calcium

(cid:151) D-pantothenate, sodium
(cid:151) dexpanthenol

VITAMIN B6

(cid:151) pyridoxine hydrochloride
(cid:151) pyridoxine 5’-phosphate

FOLIC ACID

(cid:151) pteroylmonoglutamic acid

VITAMIN B12
(cid:151) cyanocobalamin

(cid:151) hydroxocobalamin

BIOTIN
(cid:151) D-biotin

VITAMIN C

(cid:151) L-ascorbic acid
(cid:151) sodium-L-ascorbate

(cid:151) calcium-L-ascorbate

(cid:151) potassium-L-ascorbate
(cid:151) L-ascorbyl 6-palmitate
2. Minerals
calcium carbonate
calcium chloride

calcium salts of citric acid

calcium gluconate
calcium glycerophosphate

calcium lactate

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calcium salts of orthophosphoric acid

calcium hydroxide

calcium oxide

magnesium acetate

magnesium carbonate
magnesium chloride

magnesium salts of citric acid

magnesium gluconate
magnesium glycerophosphate

magnesium salts of orthophosphoric acid

magnesium lactate

magnesium hydroxide
magnesium oxide

magnesium sulphate

ferrous carbonate

ferrous citrate

ferric ammonium citrate
ferrous gluconate

ferrous fumarate

ferric sodium diphosphate
ferrous lactate

ferrous sulphate

ferric diphosphate (ferric pyrophosphate)
ferric saccharate

elemental iron (carbonyl + electrolytic + hydrogen
reduced)

cupric carbonate

cupric citrate
cupric gluconate

cupric sulphate

copper lysine complex

sodium iodide

sodium iodate
potassium iodide

potassium iodate

zinc acetate
zinc chloride

zinc citrate

zinc gluconate

zinc lactate

zinc oxide

zinc carbonate

zinc sulphate

manganese carbonate

manganese chloride

manganese citrate

manganese gluconate

manganese glycerophosphate

manganese sulphate

sodium bicarbonate

sodium carbonate

sodium chloride

sodium citrate

sodium gluconate

sodium lactate

sodium hydroxide

sodium salts of orthophosphoric acid

potassium bicarbonate

potassium carbonate

potassium chloride

potassium citrate

potassium gluconate

potassium glycerophosphate

potassium lactate

potassium hydroxide

potassium salts of orthophosphoric acid

sodium selenate

sodium hydrogen selenite

sodium selenite

chromium (III) chloride

chromium (III) sulphate

ammonium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))

potassium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))

potassium fluoride

sodium fluoride