What is the cheapest magnesium glycinate?
Our picks, capsules and powder ranked separately: Capsules: Nature Made High Absorption Magnesium Glycinate 200 mg (60 capsules); powder: Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate (60 servings). Where to buy
Capsules: Micro Ingredients Magnesium Glycinate 400 mg (240 capsules), at $0.125 per 200 mg of elemental magnesium before delivery. Powder: Nutricost Magnesium Glycinate Powder, Unflavored (250 g), at $0.155 per 200 mg of elemental magnesium before delivery. Each is the cheapest of its format among the packages whose panel names magnesium glycinate as their only magnesium (17 capsules and 4 powders), and capsules and powders are ranked separately. Powders whose panel names a second salt alongside the glycinate go down to $0.05. They are listed below, priced the same way, and kept out of the ranking for the reason given there.
A product name does not have to say which compounds the magnesium comes from. A Supplement Facts panel does. Where the two disagree we go with the panel, which is why 5 packages here are set apart rather than ranked against the rest. Which magnesium products are one salt, and which are blends sets out what each panel says. How much of the compound is actually magnesium is a separate question again.
Capsules, softgels and tablets
Powder
| Package | Per 200 mg of elemental magnesium | A month | Form | Tested? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutricost Magnesium Glycinate Powder, Unflavored (250 g) buy | $0.155 | $4.65/mo | powder | D · None located |
| EVLution Nutrition Magnesium Glycinate Powder, Unflavored (75 servings) buy | $0.227 | $6.80/mo | powder | D · None located |
| Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate (60 servings) buy | $0.867 | $26.00/mo | powder | A · Certified |
| Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate, Travel Packs (30 stick packs) buy | $1.57 | $47.00/mo | sachet | A · Certified |
Sold as glycinate, panel names a second salt
These 5 are priced on the same basis and are not ranked with the rest, because a package whose panel names magnesium oxide beside the glycinate cannot stand for glycinate when the question is what glycinate costs. That is a statement about what a panel lists and about how this site compares forms. It is not a statement about quality, about labeling practice, or about why any package costs what it costs, none of which we have looked into.
| Package | Per 200 mg of elemental magnesium | Form | What the panel names |
|---|---|---|---|
| BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Powder (1 kg) buy | $0.05 | powder | Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide |
| BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Powder (500 g) buy | $0.076 | powder | Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide |
| BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Powder (250 g) buy | $0.128 | powder | Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide |
| BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Capsules (240 count) buy | $0.166 | capsule | Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide |
| BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Powder (100 g) buy | $0.296 | powder | Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide |
Every price is per 200 mg of elemental magnesium as each product's own Supplement Facts panel states it, before delivery, and the monthly figure is that price over thirty of those, one a day. It is a way to read the first figure and not a suggestion of how much to take. Every magnesium salt we price, side by side, is on the magnesium page.
Where to buy: the magnesium glycinate shortlist
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. Any answer shown beside it is the cheapest under a different rule and says so on its own line; answers that cost more than the pick fold under one line until you ask for them.
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.
BulkSupplements.com Magnesium Glycinate Powder (1 kg): its panel names Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Oxide, so its price is for a blend, not for magnesium glycinate alone.
Full comparison of every product in this category: Magnesium Glycinate. 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.