Selenium 100 mcg

Selenium 100 mcg

NOW4.8 (128 ratings)
Format:Tablet Quantity: 100 Tablet(s) · 100 servings
Goals
$4.70 $0.04 per serving

Product analysis

94 out of 100

Selenium 100 mcg can help fill a selenium gap, supporting normal immune function and antioxidant defenses. Its clearly identified form and favorable value make comparison with other selenium supplements straightforward.

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

Nutrient Quality100

Selenium uses L-selenomethionine, a favorable form for ingredient quality. The clearly identified single source makes comparison with other selenium supplements straightforward.

Ingredient Transparency100

Both the selenium amount and its form are clearly stated. That makes the contents easy to compare with another selenium supplement.

Value For Money100

The selenium content offers favorable value for the serving cost. Its clearly named form also makes the price-and-quality comparison straightforward.

Customer Satisfaction73

Customer ratings are very positive, but the review base is small. That gives only a limited picture of satisfaction.

Product Focus84

Selenium fits a focused role in normal immune and antioxidant functions when intake is low. Additional benefits are not established once selenium intake is adequate.

Format
Tablet
Container
100 Tablet(s)
Per serving
$0.04
Customer rating
4.8 · 128 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Everyday Health
Impact
Highest effect
A+ Ingredient FitC PathwaysB+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Selenium · 100 mcg
Study evidence
Selenium Supportive 70 studies
Immunity
Impact
Highest effect
A+ Ingredient FitD+ PathwaysA- EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Selenium · 100 mcg
Study evidence
Selenium Mixed 37 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Selenium (L-Selenomethionine)
100 mcg 95
Gluten Free Adults 18–50 Vegan Kosher Dairy Free Vegetarian
Report overview
A+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA- Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyA+ Value
Each serving provides 100 mcg of selenium, an amount suited to daily maintenance, at a low cost for the selenium amount. It uses the specified organic form L-selenomethionine.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability100

It uses L-selenomethionine, an organic form with the L form specified.
Selenium Chemical Form
L-selenomethionine is an organic selenium form.
Form Transparency & Isomer Specificity
The label specifies the L form of selenomethionine.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency88

A serving provides 100 mcg, an amount suited to daily maintenance. It leaves room below the 400 mcg daily upper limit for selenium from food.
Dosage Efficacy Sweet Spot
100 mcg per serving falls in the range described for daily maintenance.
Safety Margin & UL Adherence
The 100 mcg serving leaves room below the 400 mcg daily upper limit for selenium from other sources.

Value100

The product's cost per 200 mcg of selenium is low.
Price per 200 mcg Serving
The product's cost per 200 mcg of selenium is low.
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Sources

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

  1. Associations of selenium status with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.
    Cui Z; Xie R; Lu X; Schomburg L; Brenner H; Schöttker B · Redox biology · 2025
    Meta-analysis95 participants20 studies pooledEveryday Health forSelenium
  2. Dietary Antioxidants, Circulating Antioxidant Concentrations, Total Antioxidant Capacity, and Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Observational Studies.
    Jayedi A; Rashidy-Pour A; Parohan M; Zargar MS; Shab-Bidar S · Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019
    Meta-analysis507,251 participants41 studies pooledEveryday Health forSelenium
  3. The efficacy and safety of selenium supplementation versus placebo in the treatment of Graves' orbitopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
    Sharabati I; Qafesha RM; Hindawi MD; Amro S; Ayesh BM · Clinical endocrinology · 2024
    Meta-analysis4 studies pooledEveryday Health forSelenium
  4. Associations of plasma metal concentrations with the risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in Chinese adults.
    Shi L; Yuan Y; Xiao Y; Long P; Li W; Yu Y; Liu Y; Liu K; Wang H; Zhou L; Yang H; Li X; He M; Wu T · Environment international · 2021
    Cohort study6,155 participantsEveryday Health forSelenium
  5. Updates on clinical studies of selenium supplementation in radiotherapy.
    Puspitasari IM; Abdulah R; Yamazaki C; Kameo S; Nakano T; Koyama H · Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2015
    Systematic review16 studies pooledEveryday Health forSelenium
  6. Effects of selenium supplementation on selenoprotein gene expression and response to influenza vaccine challenge: a randomised controlled trial.
    Goldson AJ; Fairweather-Tait SJ; Armah CN; Bao Y; Broadley MR; Dainty JR; Furniss C; Hart DJ; Teucher B; Hurst R · PloS one · 2011
    Randomized trial119 participantsImmunity forSelenium
  7. Effect of selenium on immune response against hepatitis B vaccine with accelerated method in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.
    Janbakhsh A; Mansouri F; Vaziri S; Sayad B; Afsharian M; Rahimi M; Shahebrahimi K; Salari F · Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2013
    Randomized trial62 participantsImmunity forSelenium
  8. Chemoprevention trial of human hepatitis with selenium supplementation in China.
    Yu SY; Li WG; Zhu YJ; Yu WP; Hou C · Biological trace element research · 1990
    Non-randomized trial20,847 participantsImmunity forSelenium
  9. Selenium nanoparticles as adjunctive therapy in sepsis: A pilot randomized clinical trial.
    Gu WJ; Huang W; Zhao FZ; Yuan XK; Jin K; Chen JL; Zhang CY; Huang Y; He L; Zhuang H; Yin HY; Chen T · Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy · 2026
    Randomized trial70 participantsImmunity forSelenium
  10. Selenium supplementation in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis decreases thyroid peroxidase antibodies concentrations.
    Gärtner R; Gasnier BC; Dietrich JW; Krebs B; Angstwurm MW · The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2002
    Randomized trial70 participantsImmunity forSelenium