title: Dietary supplement ingredient database (DSID): Preliminary USDA studies on the composition of adult multivitamin/mineral supplements.
abstract: The Nutrient Data Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is collaborating with the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and other government agencies to design and populate a dietary supplement ingredient database (DSID). This analytically based, publicly available database will provide reliable estimates of vitamin and mineral content of dietary supplement (DS) products. The DSID will initially be populated with multivitamin/mineral (MVM) products because they are the most commonly consumed supplements. Challenges associated with the analysis of MVMs were identified and investigated. A pilot study addressing the identification of appropriate analytical methods, sample preparation protocols, and experienced laboratories for the analysis of 12 vitamins and 11 minerals in adult MVM supplement products was completed. Preliminary studies support the development of additional analytical studies with results that can be applied to the DSID. Total intakes from foods and supplements are needed to evaluate the associations between dietary components and health. The DSID will provide better estimates of actual nutrient intake from supplements than databases that rely on label values alone.
authors.affiliation: Nutrient Data Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Roseland
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Cuiwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harnly
authors.forename: Wayne R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Johanna T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Mary Frances
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Picciano
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Betz
authors.forename: Leila G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Yetley
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sharpless
keywords: Analytical database; DSID; Dietary supplements; Multivitamin; Nutrients; Pilot study