Supplement Label Index

Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate Chelate vs. Chromium Amino Acid Chelate

Among 4,926 on-market chromium products with an identifiable primary form, 13.4% use Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate Chelate (661 products) and 9% use Chromium Amino Acid Chelate (445).

Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate ChelateChromium Amino Acid Chelate
Quality tierUnratedUnrated
Chromium by weight
Share of market13.4%9%
On-market products661445
Median declared dose100 elemental mcg
middle half: 40–200
100 elemental mcg
middle half: 32.25–120
Most common brandsXYMOGEN, Bluebonnet, UltimaTrace Minerals Research, The Vitamin Shoppe, Douglas Laboratories

Doses are declared per serving in elemental mcg. “By weight” is the share of the ingredient that is the nutrient itself (e.g. elemental magnesium in a magnesium salt).

Why Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate Chelate is unrated

No dedicated bioavailability study on this specific named complex was located.

Source: none found -- insufficient evidence

Why Chromium Amino Acid Chelate is unrated

No dedicated human or animal comparative bioavailability study for this named complex was located.

Source: none found -- insufficient evidence

Tiers summarize published comparative bioavailability or outcome evidence for each form (see methodology). This page describes the market; it is not a recommendation to take either form. Talk to a clinician about what's right for you.

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