Icelandic Kelp

Icelandic Kelp

Nature's Life4.9 (9,233 ratings)
Format:Tablet Quantity: 1000 Tablet(s) · 1000 servings
Goals
$16.39 $0.01 per serving

Product analysis

63 out of 100

Icelandic Kelp supplies iodine that helps your thyroid maintain normal function, with the main benefit being to fill a dietary gap.

AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works

Nutrient Quality28

Kelp is named as the iodine source, but the iodine form is not fully characterized. A quality or absorption advantage for the kelp itself is also uncertain.

Ingredient Transparency81

The iodine and kelp amounts are both stated. Kelp is identified as the iodine source, while further form details for the kelp are absent.

Value For Money88

The iodine serving is inexpensive by the available price comparison. Any additional value from the kelp itself remains uncertain.

Customer Satisfaction95

Customers give consistently favorable ratings across a large review base. The volume makes the satisfaction picture more established, without proving health benefits.

Product Focus45

The short formula focuses on iodine-related thyroid and metabolic support. Extra iodine does not boost metabolism when intake is already adequate.

Format
Tablet
Container
1000 Tablet(s)
Per serving
$0.01
Customer rating
4.9 · 9,233 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Energy
Impact
Lower effect
B+ Ingredient FitF PathwaysF EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Iodine · 225 mcg
Study evidence
Iodine Adverse 3 studies
Impact
Moderate effect
B+ Ingredient FitF PathwaysD+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic

Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate. It may help restore normal function when iodine deficiency has slowed the thyroid, but extra iodine does not provide a metabolic boost when intake is already adequate.

How this product is rated for Metabolism Support

Ingredient fit83

Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Goal fit
Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Dose adequacy
Iodine: 225 mcg. These serving amounts do not guarantee a faster metabolism.

Pathways0

Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Depth
Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Breadth
Normal energy-processing and hormone roles do not show that supplementation increases whole-body energy expenditure.

Evidence53

Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Evidence strength
Iodine helps your thyroid make hormones that set your resting metabolic rate.
Studied preparation
The ingredient’s normal metabolic role does not establish a routine increase in energy expenditure.

Formulation logic100

No particular ingredient conflict is identified.
Partner coverage
No missing required ingredient partner is identified.
Conflicts
No particular ingredient conflict is identified.
Effective doses
Iodine: 225 mcg. These serving amounts do not guarantee a faster metabolism.
Study evidence
Iodine Mixed 17 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Iodine (Kelp)
225 mcg 74
Kelp
41 mg
Adults 18–50 Vegetarian
Report overview
F Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyA+ Value
Each serving supplies 225 mcg of iodine, an amount that fits the evaluation for daily support. The marine source’s chemical form is unresolved, and no organic or clean-water sourcing marker is credited.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability34

The saved facts identify a marine source but do not establish its chemical iodine form. The evaluation does not credit an organic or clean-water sourcing marker.
Iodine Form & Bioavailability
The iodine’s chemical form is unresolved in the saved facts; marine origin alone does not establish it.
Marine Source Purity & Sourcing
A marine source is recorded, but the evaluation does not credit an organic or clean-water sourcing marker; it is not a contaminant test.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

The label states 225 mcg of iodine per serving, an amount that fits the evaluation for daily support and does not exceed its upper limit.
Dosage Efficacy for Daily Support
The 225 mcg per serving fits the evaluation for daily support.
Dosage Safety & Upper Limits
The stated 225 mcg per serving does not exceed the evaluated upper limit.
Elemental Iodine Transparency
The label states the iodine amount: 225 mcg per serving.

Value100

A whole-product serving costs about $0.02.
Price Per Effective Serving
A whole-product serving costs about $0.02.
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Sources

Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.

  1. Association of radioactive iodine treatment with survivorship symptoms and primary care utilisation in women of reproductive age with thyroid cancer: a retrospective cohort study.
    Devanarayan P; Hartman M; Partin M · Family medicine and community health · 2026
    Cohort study10,882 participantsEnergy forIodine
  2. Energy level and fatigue after surgery for thyroid cancer: A population-based study of patient-reported outcomes.
    Hughes DT; Reyes-Gastelum D; Kovatch KJ; Hamilton AS; Ward KC; Haymart MR · Surgery · 2020
    Cohort study2,584 participantsEnergy forIodine
  3. Health-Related Quality of Life in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study From Turkey.
    Gültekin A; Kahraman MY; Şengöz T; Şimşek FS · Head & neck · 2026
    Cross-sectional study202 participantsEnergy forIodine
  4. Iodine Supplementation Decreases Hypercholesterolemia in Iodine-Deficient, Overweight Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
    Herter-Aeberli I; Cherkaoui M; El Ansari N; Rohner R; Stinca S; Chabaa L; von Eckardstein A; Aboussad A; Zimmermann MB · The Journal of nutrition · 2015
    Randomized trial163 participantsMetabolism Support forIodine
  5. Effect of oral iodized oil on thyroid size and thyroid hormone metabolism in children with concurrent selenium and iodine deficiency.
    Zimmermann MB; Adou P; Torresani T; Zeder C; Hurrell RF · European journal of clinical nutrition · 2000
    Single-arm trial51 participantsMetabolism Support forIodine
  6. Serum Iodine Concentration as a Biomarker for Individual Iodine Nutrition and Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province.
    Xu M; Dai X; Wang Z; Guo C; Zhang B; Guo H · Public health nutrition · 2026
    Cross-sectional study1,197 participantsMetabolism Support forIodine
  7. Iron status influences the efficacy of iodine prophylaxis in goitrous children in Côte d'Ivoire.
    Zimmermann MB · International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition · 2002
    OtherMetabolism Support forIodine
  8. Persistence of goiter despite oral iodine supplementation in goitrous children with iron deficiency anemia in Côte d'Ivoire.
    Zimmermann M; Adou P; Torresani T; Zeder C; Hurrell R · The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2000
    Non-randomized trial109 participantsMetabolism Support forIodine