Is Thorne magnesium NSF certified?
Our pick for each type, capsules and powder ranked separately: Glycinate, capsules: Nature Made High Absorption Magnesium Glycinate 200 mg (60 capsules) (NSF Certified for Sport does not list this package; it qualifies because USP Verified lists it); Glycinate, powder: Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate (60 servings); Citrate, capsules: Nature Made High Absorption Magnesium Citrate 250 mg (120 softgels) (NSF Certified for Sport does not list this package; it qualifies because USP Verified lists it); Citrate, powder: BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Citrate Powder (1 kg) (before delivery); L-Threonate: Momentous Magnesium L-Threonate (90 capsules) (before delivery). Types with no certified product are listed below. Where to buy
Partly: 2 of the 5 we track, not all of them. NSF lists a specific package against each certificate, and a certificate is what NSF actually stands behind, so a package the listing does not name is treated as unconfirmed rather than certified. Every row below was read against NSF's own listing, and the listing ID is shown.
NSF names the magnesium bisglycinate tub and its stick packs. The magnesium glycinate capsules and the citrate powder have no listing.
| Product | Package | Named by an NSF listing? | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesium Bisglycinate (60 servings) buy | 60 servings | Yes | 1507934 |
| Magnesium Glycinate (90 capsules) buy | 90 capsules | No listing found | Unknown |
| Magnesium Glycinate (180 capsules) buy | 180 capsules | No listing found | Unknown |
| Magnesium Bisglycinate, Travel Packs (30 stick packs) buy | 30 units | Yes | 1666128 |
| Magnesium Citrate, Citrus Berry (60 servings) buy | 60 servings | No listing found | Unknown |
What the listings say
Thorne holds 2 Certified for Sport listings covering the products in this table (1507934, 1666128). NSF records some brands under more than one spelling, so a search on the brand name alone can miss a listing; ours are found from a full read of the directory, then opened one by one.
3 products here have no NSF listing at all. That is an absence in a database, not a failed test: most supplements have never been independently tested, and NSF Certified for Sport is one program among several.
What each product page shows
Every Thorne product we track, across all categories: Is Thorne third party tested?
Where to buy: the pick for each type
The pick is the cheapest certified product, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, with no adverse finding on record, a price its retailer let us read recently, and no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving; per delivered dose where the retailer publishes a delivery rate. Where none does, it is the cheapest such product before delivery, and it says how far the order is from free delivery. It is the same pick the category page shows.
How these lines are chosen
Among 19 products and 19 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
How these lines are chosen
Among 8 products and 8 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
How these lines are chosen
Among 9 products and 9 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
How these lines are chosen
Among 5 products and 5 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below. No product here publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
How these lines are chosen
Among 7 products and 7 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below. No product here publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
Full comparison of every product in this category: Magnesium. Every question we answer: the question index.
What this rests on: prices we last recorded at the retailer named on each product page, which go stale, and each page says when it was checked; the products we track, not every product sold, and Amazon and Walmart are not among the stores; listings and labels read at the source, each linked from the page. Found an error? Tell us. The full method: How we compare.