About The Supplement Database

The Supplement Database launched in early 2019 as a way to bring research to the masses. The database uses conclusions from peer-reviewed research articles to rate both ingredients and products. Over the months, the number of ingredients and products included in the database has grown at an impressive rate. The database now has advanced filtering and price comparison/alerting features. The of the database remains to provide easy to understand, unbiased, and resarch-driven ratings for all types of supplements. Read more: Welcome to the Supplement Database.

The Supplement Database currently rates 230 ingredients in 23 distinct categories on 70 claims. It uses these ratings to grade 5,326 products in 17 unique categories from 1,142 manufacturers. Ratings are based on information from 988 peer-reviewed studies.

Database Articles

The graph below illustrates the number of products contained in the database over time.

Date	Change
11 December 2024	The same improvements made to the product filter on 13 and 16 November described below have been applied to the protein filter. Results should now be much faster than the older version and searching through available filters is easier. Try it out: Supplement Protein Filter.
16 November 2024	The backend for the supplement product filter has been completely revamped. Searches will now only take a fraction of a second, exponentially faster than the older version. Try it out: Supplement Product Filter.
13 November 2024	The supplement product filter is now easier to use. Each tab now has a search box to make it easier to find what you're looking for within each filter. Try it out: Supplement Product Filter.
17 January 2021	The search engine core has been completely rewritten to give you better results. Try it out: Supplement Search Engine.
15 January 2021	Manufacturers now have their own ratings based on their product lineups. See Manufacturer Report Cards.
24 December 2020	Launched Similarity Index. This tool allows you to see which products share their ingredient profiles with each other.
03 November 2020	The protein filter tool is now available with 22 ways of narrowing your search to find a protein supplement.
28 August 2020	The protein supplement comparison tool is out allowing you to create head to head matchups on any of the protein supplements in the database.
27 August 2020	The database now rates protein supplements.
05 July 2020	New version of the Supplement Product Filter. The new version allows you to use eight filters at once to find the perfect product. The old tool only allowed one filter per search.
14 June 2020	Revamped Supplement Product Review pages to make information easier to read.
19 March 2019	Launched Supplement Product Review tool to rate products based on ingredient ratings.
01 February 2019	Supplement Database Launch