Monthly Digest
What changed in the US supplement label data, once a month, written from the same numbers as the rest of the site. Subscribe by RSS.
October 2026
The label data
The NIH label database (DSLD) was last released on 2026-01-16. No new release has been published since the previous refresh, so the label counts are unchanged; the sections below that depend on a comparison between releases are left out rather than padded.
Who is moving
Momentum compares the number of products entered in the last 12 months with the 12 before. Above 1.0 is growing, below 1.0 is shrinking. Only items with at least 50 recent entries are ranked. See Trending for every compound and excipient.
Compounds appearing on more new labels
- Creatine: 1.39x (219 vs 157)
- Caffeine: 1.20x (674 vs 560)
- Beta-Alanine: 1.17x (334 vs 286)
Compounds appearing on fewer new labels
- Chondroitin Sulfate: 0.43x (79 vs 185)
- Glucosamine: 0.46x (101 vs 218)
- Collagen (Hydrolyzed Collagen Peptides): 0.54x (189 vs 348)
Excipients appearing on more new labels
- Glaze (unspecified): 2.18x (109 vs 50)
- China Wax: 1.89x (87 vs 46)
- Dextrin: 1.89x (363 vs 192)
Excipients appearing on fewer new labels
- Rice Powder: 0.22x (77 vs 347)
- Pullulan: 0.41x (97 vs 239)
- Lecithin: 0.45x (90 vs 202)
FDA enforcement
2 FDA enforcement records involving dietary supplements were reported in the 60 days before this edition, out of 684 in the snapshot. See the FDA Recalls report for how records are matched to labels and what they do not show.
- 2026-09-02 · ZMB Enterprises · Class I: The product contains 1,4-DMAA, Phenylethylamine and Phenibut. H-1263-2026
- 2026-08-12 · FACTORY6, INC. · Class I: Possible Salmonella in Moringa Leaf Powder product. H-1222-2026
A finding from the data
Across 275 on-market gummy Choline products, the median declared dose is 0.06 mg per serving, versus 50 mg for capsule/tablet versions — a 0.12% share, per the 2026-01-16 DSLD dump.
New on the blog
- The Claims Census: what US supplement labels actually say · October 2, 2026
- Collagen supplements: what labels declare vs. the doses that were studied · October 2, 2026
- CoQ10 labels: ubiquinone vs. ubiquinol, and why the softgel matters too · October 2, 2026
- Creatine: one form, one dose, and a market that mostly agrees · October 2, 2026
- Half of US supplement brands list one of five states · October 2, 2026
- Fish oil labels: "total omega-3" is not the same as EPA plus DHA · October 2, 2026
- Probiotic labels: CFU, strain names, and the blends that hide both · October 2, 2026