This magnesium glycinate product is 5g for 400mg of magnesium. What is the other 4.6 grams?

[ironfist]

This product: Swanson Ultra Albion Magnesium Glycinate Powder 400 mg 5.3 oz Pwdr - Swanson®

However, magnesium glycinate is 14.1% magnesium by weight, so 14.1% by weight means 1,000mg is 141mg of magnesium. Therefore, 400mg magnesium is 2800mg magnesium glycinate. Now, my question is, is 2,400mg glycine? So apparently there's 2,600mg of other stuff in this product.

FOR SOMEBODY TAKING LET'S SAY 5g GLYCINE EACH DAY, does that mean they can subtract out 2,400mg and only need to take 2.6g?

 

[brightside]

Possibly: "Magnesium (from TRAACS magnesium bisglycinate chelate) 400 mg 100%,Other ingredients: Citric acid, silica."

Given that citric acid is the second ingredient, and silica is last, there shouldnt grams of either of these ingredients. What else does it say on the bottle?

 

[Perry Staltic]

The other weight is glycine. Mg glycinate is the magnesium salt of glycine C4H8MgN2O4 which is one magnesiumatom and two glycine molecules

 

[Elie]

The other weight is glycine. Mg glycinate is the magnesium salt of glycine C4H8MgN2O4 which is one magnesiumatom and two glycine molecules

 

[ironfist]

The other weight is glycine. Mg glycinate is the magnesium salt of glycine C4H8MgN2O4 which is one magnesiumatom and two glycine molecules

But magnesium glycinate is only 14.1% magnesium by weight. Therefore, the rest of it is NOT just glycine.

1000mg of magnesium glycinate is 141mg of magnesium.
Therefore, 5g of magnesium glycinate is 700mg of magnesium.
Since this product is only 400mg of magnesium, that means 2.8g is magnesium glycinate. My math is wrong in the first post, it should say there's 2,200mg of something else in here. I question what it is.

 

[Perry Staltic]

Since this product is only 400mg of magnesium, that means 2.8g is magnesium glycinate. My math is wrong in the first post, it should say there's 2,200mg of something else in here. I question what it is.

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