Are You Being Ripped Off? — NF Magnesium Glycinate
Lab Investigation · 2026

Are you taking
these magnesium
supplements?

● ALL CAUGHT The Top 4
CAUGHT
IN THE
LAB
The top 4 UK magnesium best-sellers — all caught hiding oxide

Then you're being ripped off.

We bought the top 4 best-sellers on Amazon UK and sent them to an independent lab. Every single one was hiding cheap magnesium oxide on the inside.

Made in Oxford, UK Every batch lab tested Zero oxide. Ever.
● ALL CAUGHT The Top 4
CAUGHT
IN THE
LAB
The top 4 UK magnesium best-sellers — all caught hiding oxide
NO MAGNESIUM OXIDE LAB TESTED EVERY BATCH MADE IN OXFORD 338MG REAL ELEMENTAL NO MAGNESIUM OXIDE LAB TESTED EVERY BATCH MADE IN OXFORD 338MG REAL ELEMENTAL
The Trick They're Playing

It's called buffering.

There are different kinds of magnesium. Two matter here. One is cheap, one works. Brands hide the cheap one inside the "good" one, so they can print a bigger number on the bottle. That's the whole trick.

● ALL CAUGHT

Every one of these UK best-sellers is hiding cheap magnesium oxide your body can't absorb.

Nutrition Geeks magnesium
Nutrition Geeks
Caught
Zipvit magnesium glycinate
Zipvit
Caught
Free Soul magnesium
Free Soul
"Buffered"
Sport Supplies magnesium
Sport Supplies
Caught
● THE CHEAP ONE
Oxide
Magnesium Oxide
Looks big on the label. Your body can barely use it.
4%
absorbed by your body
Out of every 100mg you swallow:
✓ THE REAL ONE
Glycinate
Magnesium Glycinate
Smaller number on the label. Your body actually absorbs it.
45%
absorbed by your body
Out of every 100mg you swallow:
A smaller number you absorb
beats a big number you don't.

Half of 500 is 250. Four out of 100 of 1000 is 40. One looks better. One is better.

Caught In The Maths

The numbers don't add up.

Take the UK's #1 best-seller. The label says you get 384mg of magnesium from three ingredients. We did the maths the label itself shows.

Step 1 — What the label says
1,000mg Glycinate × 13% real magnesium 130mg
400mg Malate × 15% real magnesium 60mg
400mg Citrate × 16% real magnesium 64mg
Honest total from the label alone 254mg
Step 2 — What the bottle claims
Front of bottle printed in big letters 384mg
▼ Missing magnesium can't come from the label 130mg

That 130mg has to come from somewhere. The only thing cheap enough and strong enough to fill the gap is oxide, the one they didn't put on the label. The UK's top magnesium supplier confirmed it: you cannot hit those numbers with pure glycinate. It's not physically possible.

So the bottle is "right" in one sense. There really is 384mg in there. It just isn't the kind your body can use.

Glycinate vs "Buffered"

The honest one. vs the rest.

Pure NF Magnesium Glycinate against the UK's top "buffered" best-sellers. Same shelf. Very different bottle.

● THE HONEST ONE
NF Magnesium Glycinate
Glycinate
Pure. Tested. Absorbed.
vs
✕ "BUFFERED"
Nutrition Geeks magnesium Zipvit magnesium Free Soul magnesium Sport Supplies magnesium
Glycinate + Oxide
Hidden. Padded. Wasted.
What's actually inside
NF Glycinate
"Buffered" Brands
Magnesium form
100% glycinate
Glycinate + hidden oxide
Real elemental Mg
338mg, honest
384mg "claimed"~254mg without buffering
Absorption rate
~45% absorbed
~4% (oxide portion)
Easy on your stomach
Gentle, no upset
Oxide = laxative effect
Lab tested every batch
Yes, every single batch
Once, then never again
Made in
Our own Oxford facility
Mystery contract factory
What your body actually absorbsper serving, after digestion
~152mgreal, usable magnesium
~15mgafter the oxide is wasted
● THE HONEST ONE NF Magnesium
ZERO
OXIDE
NF Magnesium Glycinate bottle — 100% pure
Meanwhile, in our bottle
100%

Magnesium Glycinate.

Not "buffered". Not a blend. Not hiding cheap oxide behind a fancy name. One ingredient, the right one, the form your body actually absorbs.

338mg
Real Elemental
0mg
Oxide Inside
45%
Absorbed vs 4%
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Other brands test their formula once, print "lab tested" on the label, and hope you never ask again. We don't work that way. Every single batch we make is independently lab tested before it ships — and the results live on every bottle. Scan the QR code on yours and you'll see exactly what's inside.

  1. 1
    We make the batch in our Oxford facility and pull samples before anything ships.
  2. 2
    Samples go to an independent ISO-accredited lab. They test for real elemental magnesium and check for anything that shouldn't be in there.
  3. 3
    Every bottle gets a unique QR code on the label. Point your phone camera at it and the full lab report for the magnesium inside your bottle loads up instantly. No login, no friction.
  4. 4
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What To Expect

Here's how you'll feel the difference.

Real magnesium glycinate builds up in your body slowly. Here is what most people notice as the weeks tick by.

1
WEEK
Deeper Sleep

You fall asleep faster and wake up feeling actually rested. The edge comes off before bed.

2
WEEKS
No More Cramps

Muscle twitches, eye spasms and night-time leg cramps start disappearing.

1
MONTH
Calmer Days

Your stress response settles. Less jaw clenching, steadier mood, fewer racing thoughts at night.

3
MONTHS
Steady Energy

Your muscles recover faster. The afternoon slump fades. Workouts feel easier.

6
MONTHS
Heart Support

Magnesium helps normal heart rhythm and healthy blood pressure. Your numbers trend the right way.

12
MONTHS
Full Reset

Stronger bones, better insulin response and a nervous system that actually rests. The deep stuff.

* Based on customer feedback and published magnesium research. Individual results vary.

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What people say after they switch.

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Sleeping like I haven't in years. I take 4 capsules about 30 minutes before bed and I'm out within the hour. No grogginess in the morning either, just calm and rested.

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No more leg cramps. I used to wake up with calf cramps almost every night. Two weeks on this and they're gone completely. Honest dose, no upset stomach.

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Finally a brand I can trust. Saw the YouTube video on the lab tests and switched immediately. The bottle even has a batch code so you can pull up the test report yourself. Wild that nobody else does this.

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The honest brand. I've been suspicious of supplement labels for years. This is the first one where the maths actually adds up. The transparency on the testing is what sold me.

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Logan King, Founder of NF Supplements
FOUNDER · NF SUPPLEMENTS Logan King
From The Founder

I started this brand because I was tired of being lied to.

For years I bought the supplements with the biggest numbers on the front. I thought I was being smart. I wasn't. I was being sold cheap oxide my body couldn't even use.

So I built NF Supplements to do the opposite. We make everything in our own facility in Oxford. We test every batch with an outside lab. We publish the results. And when we find brands cheating their customers, we say it out loud.

This is the magnesium I take every night before bed. It's the one I give to my parents. There's nothing hidden in it. There never will be.

Logan Founder, NF Supplements
Watch The Investigation

Watch us catch them on camera.

We bought the UK's best-selling magnesium supplements. We sent them to a lab. Here's exactly what we found.

Common Questions

Things people ask us.

Why is your milligram number lower than other brands?

Because ours is the truth. Other brands print huge elemental numbers like "400mg" or "500mg" on their bottles, but the only way they can hit those numbers is by mixing in cheap magnesium oxide. We use pure magnesium glycinate, which your body absorbs at 40-50%. Oxide only absorbs at around 4%. Our 338mg of real elemental magnesium (from a full 2,600mg of pure glycinate) puts way more usable magnesium into your bloodstream than their "500mg" of mostly-oxide ever will.

What does "buffered" actually mean on a magnesium label?

"Buffered" is the polite word brands use when they're cutting their magnesium glycinate with cheap magnesium oxide. They love it because oxide is 63% elemental magnesium by weight, so a tiny bit lets them print a much bigger number on the front of the bottle. The problem: your body can barely absorb oxide. So you're paying for premium glycinate and getting watered-down oxide that goes straight through you. If you see the word "buffered" on a magnesium bottle, that's the giveaway. Run.

How can the maths on a magnesium label be impossible?

Pure magnesium glycinate is only about 13% elemental magnesium by weight. That's a hard chemistry limit. So if a brand claims 400mg of elemental magnesium from 1000mg of glycinate, the maths doesn't add up: 1000mg × 13% = 130mg, not 400mg. We even asked the UK's biggest magnesium supplier about it. He confirmed it's physically impossible to get elemental magnesium levels above roughly 14% from any glycinate. The only way to hit the bigger numbers is to secretly blend in oxide. Which is exactly what's happening across the shelf.

Why do brands do this? Isn't it illegal?

It's a race to the bottom on Amazon. To rank near the top, brands need to be cheap. After Amazon's 30% fee, 20% in tax, ingredients, packaging, shipping and ad spend, there's almost no margin left at £9.99 a bottle. So they cut corners on the one thing customers can't easily check: what's actually inside the capsule. And here's the wild part: nobody checks. Not the government. Not Amazon. Not Trading Standards. There is no routine independent testing of supplements on the UK market. Brands rely on that. That's why we're publishing every single batch test ourselves.

How do I know there's no oxide in NF Magnesium Glycinate?

Two ways. First: every single batch is tested by an independent ISO-accredited lab before it ships. Not once a year. Not "per formula". Every batch. Second: every batch test is published online. The batch code on your bottle links to the exact test for the magnesium inside your bottle. You can pull it up on your phone right now. No other UK magnesium brand does this.

What's the difference between glycinate, oxide, citrate and malate?

They're all "magnesium" but they're not equal. Glycinate is the gentlest and best-absorbed form (40-50%) and the one most people want for sleep, stress and recovery. Citrate (about 16% elemental) is decent but can cause loose stools at higher doses. Malate (about 15%) is similar. Oxide (63% elemental) looks great on a label but absorbs at around 4% and is mostly used as a laxative in higher doses. We only use glycinate because it's the form your body actually wants.

Why does magnesium even matter?

Magnesium runs hundreds of processes in your body, from sleep to muscle function to heart rhythm to mood regulation. Studies suggest around 60% of adults in Western countries don't get enough of it, mostly because the foods richest in magnesium (leafy greens, beans, seeds, nuts) are foods most people don't eat enough of. Low magnesium has been linked to poor sleep, cramps, palpitations, anxiety, headaches and energy crashes. Topping up with a properly absorbed form is one of the simplest things you can do for how you feel day to day.

When should I take it and how much?

Take 4 capsules about 30 minutes before bed for a total of 2,600mg of pure magnesium glycinate, delivering 338mg of real elemental magnesium. Glycinate is the calming form, so most people prefer it at night. If you train hard or get muscle cramps, you can also split your serving across the day, for example 2 capsules with lunch and 2 before bed. Either works.

Will it upset my stomach?

This is exactly why we only use glycinate. Forms like oxide, citrate and malate can pull water into your gut and send you running to the bathroom (which is why oxide is sometimes sold as a laxative). Glycinate is bound to the amino acid glycine, which makes it gentle and easy on digestion. The vast majority of people have zero stomach issues with it, even on an empty stomach.

How long until I notice a difference?

Most people notice deeper, calmer sleep within the first week. If you've been low on magnesium for a long time (which most UK adults are), the bigger benefits like steadier energy, fewer cramps, less muscle tension and a calmer baseline mood usually show up between weeks 2 and 4 of taking it consistently.

Where is it made?

Right here in the UK, at our own GMP-certified facility in Kidlington, just outside Oxford. We make it ourselves. We don't outsource the blending or encapsulation to a contract manufacturer. Same people, same building, same machines, every batch. That's how we're able to test every batch and stand behind what's in the bottle.

What if it doesn't work for me?

You're covered by our 60-day money-back guarantee. Try it for two months. If you don't feel a difference, email us and we'll refund you. No awkward forms, no return shipping, no fight. We'd rather lose a sale than have an unhappy customer.

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