All dosages are daily intakes.                             | * Need to add more separately           
                                                           | . a little high           
When there is an abs min or abs max value that means that  | X a lot high
I'm willing to go outside my desired target range a little |               Nature's Way
in order to have fewer different kinds of bottles to buy.  |     Nature's MultiVit Iron                               NutriCology
When there is no abs val listed, the corresponding min     |          Way  Free Opt Pot                                 (Allergy)
or max val is the absolute limit.                          |                  + Twinlab         USANA         Whole      Research
                                                           |    Multi Vit       Calcium    Essentials         Foods        Group)        Solgar
                                           targets         |    Iron Free  Citrate Caps     + Twinlab
                                  abs     desired      abs |      Optimum   + Puritan's       Calcium     Iron Free     EPD Basic      Vitamins
                                  min    min    max    max |      Potency   Pride C & E   Citrate Cap     MultiCaps     Multi Vit          Only
                                                           | 
         # doses to take / day             2      3        |            3             3             3             2             2             1
         # pills to take / day             2      8        |            3             6             7             2             2             1
                                                           | 
nutrient                 units                             | 
-water soluble vitamins--                                  | 
            thiamin / B-1   mg             0     50    300 |           25            25            27            50            15            50
         riboflavin / B-2   mg             0     50    100 |           25            25            27            50            15            50
             niacin / B-3   mg             0     25     50 |           38 .          38 .          40 .          50 .          20            50 .
   pantothenic acid / B-5   mg             0    100        |           75            75            90            50            30            50
         pyridoxine / B-6   mg            10     25     50 |           25            25            27            50 .          30            50 .
folic acid (folate) / B-9  mcg           200    400    600 |          200           200          1000 X         400           100 *         400
         cobalamin / B-12  mcg             0    100        |           50            50            60            50           100            50
             biotin (a B)  mcg            30    300        |          150           150           300           200           100            50
            choline (a B)   mg             0    200        |           50            50           100            50            30            21
                 inositol   mg             0    100        |           50            50           150 X          50            30            50
                     PABA   mg             0    100    200 |           25            25                          50            15            50
                    vit C   mg    500    750   1000   1500 |          250 *         750          1300 .         125 *         300 *         250 *
            bioflavonoids   mg             0    100        |           50            50       ___ 193 X          30
                    rutin   mg             0     50        |           25            25       __/            
                                                           | 
--fat soluble vitamins---                                  | 
                    vit A   IU             0   5000        |         3750          3750             0          5000          5000          7500 X
                    vit D   IU      0     50    300    500 |          100           100           450 .         400 .         400 .         400 .
                    vit E   IU           200    600    800 |          200           600           450           100 *         200           150 *
                    vit K  mcg     25     65     80    100 |           30            30            60               *             *             *
                                                           | 
-------carotenoids-------                                  | 
            beta-carotene   IU   2500   5000  15000  20000 |         5000          5000         15000          5000         15000          2500
    vit A + beta-carotene   IU   7500  10000  20000  25000 |         8750          8750         15000         10000         20000         10000
                                                           | 
---minerals and others---                                  | 
                  calcium   mg    400    500    700    800 |          250 *         550           420           150 *             *             *
                magnesium   mg           250    400    500 |          125 *         275           375            75 *             *             *
  calcium:magnesium ratio                  1      2        | 
                                                           | 
                     zinc   mg     10     15     20     30 |           10            10            20            15               *             *
                   copper   mg             1      2      3 |            1             1             3 .           2               *             *
        zinc:copper ratio           5     10     10     20 | 
                                                           | 
                potassium   mg             0    400   2000 |           45            45                          15
                manganese   mg      0      2      5     10 |            5             5             5             2               *             *
                 selenium  mcg     50     75    200        |          100           100           200            50               *             *
                 chromium  mcg            50    100    150 |          100           100           300 X          50               *             *
               molybdenum  mcg             0     75    125 |           50            50            50            10
              phosphorous   mg             0    400    600 | 
                   iodine  mcg             0    150        |           25            25           225 X         100
                   silica  mcg             0     15     25 | 
                    boron  mcg             0   1000        |          750           750          3000 X         200
                 vanadium  mcg             0     15     30 |           50 X          50 X          30             2
                                                           | 
-enzymes/digestive aids--                                  | 
               betain HCl   mg             0     50        |                                                     20
papain, lipase, bromelain   mg             0    200        |                         50                          30
                                                           | 
-------don't want--------                                  | 
                     iron   mg             0      0        | 
                                                           | 
 anything else not listed                  0      0        |