Now Foods Magnesium Malate 1000 mg for Muscle Energy 180 Tablets

Name: Now Foods Magnesium Malate 1000 mg for Muscle Energy 180 Tablets
Brand: Beauty Care Bag
SKU: shp267_ecz_5c8744_733739013002_260709
Price: 64.77 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 68 (1 reviews)

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How we scored this — 68/100

NOW Foods Magnesium Malate delivers 1,000 mg of magnesium malate per serving (yielding ~115 mg elemental magnesium plus ~885 mg malic acid). NOW Foods is a legitimate Illinois-based manufacturer with UL, NSF-GMP, and TGA-audited facilities, publishing per-lot COAs on its corporate site — one of the strongest transparency records in the mid-market vitamin space. Malate form is well-tolerated (fewer GI effects than magnesium oxide) and the malic-acid component has small-trial evidence for fibromyalgia-related musculoskeletal complaints (Russell 1995, Abraham 1992). Downgrade: the elemental magnesium yield (~115 mg) is below the 320-420 mg RDA for adults and would require 3-4 tablets to reach a repletion dose, which increases cost per effective serving. Standard tier — honest, correctly formulated, held back from Verified by the modest elemental yield per tablet and by the tablet form (harder swallow, includes stearate excipients).

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NOW Health Group (family + employee-owned)

Richard family + 30% ESOP (as of Jan 2026)

Founded 1968 by Elwood Richard — remains privately held with new employee ownership structure

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Last scored: August 29, 2026Full rubric →

Evidence & sources

The Vyvata score's Evidence dimension measures the quality of published RCT support for a product's active ingredients at the label dose. Our source hierarchy: double-blind RCTs in MEDLINE-indexed journals > single-blind RCTs > open-label trials > observational studies > mechanism papers > N=1 case studies (anecdotes). Predatory journals and manufacturer-authored studies without independent replication are weighted down.

Product-specific evidence citations for this item are in How we scored this, above. For the full framework and evidence hierarchy, see the methodology page.

How to read the Evidence dimension

80–100: Multiple double-blind RCTs in indexed journals directly testing this product OR the exact ingredients at the exact dose.
60–79: Single double-blind RCT + supporting ingredient literature at the studied dose.
40–59: Open-label trials + ingredient literature; no product-specific double-blind evidence.
20–39: Ingredient literature only; no product-specific trials or trials in predatory venues.
0–19: No credible evidence base or unverifiable claims.

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