BulkSupplements.com Potassium Citrate Powder - Potassium Citrate Supplement, Potassium Powder, Potassium 99mg - Gluten Free, 300mg per Serving, 1kg (2.2 lbs) (Pack of 1)

Nice potassium supplement. Great for keeping a good mineral balance.I used to work as a product designer, developer and sourcing agent, as well as a buyer for big box retail, so I can be pretty rough on quality issues. My pet peeves include bad descriptions or instructions, plastic on metal construction (doomed to fail), planned obsolescence, and Sellers selling items they know don’t work. I mean, how many people have to tell you it doesn’t work until you see that and change the manufacturing process?I review products on hand selection by small, foreign or startup companies who launch new or innovative products often ask consumers to test drive their products to obtain feedback and for market exposure.They know that even focus group information can be gamed by a savvy marketing group to say what the seller wants to hear, or to rephrase negative opinions of a product that the consumer might want the maker or seller to know. 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Helped manage my dehydration with a high level of physical activity and lots of sweating.

Good priced potassium, I add it to all the water I drink along with other supplements.

I ordered it as a supplemental source of potassium. I did not want pills, as they always contain excipient ingredients. Unlike lite salt (which also contains potassium) this is a bulk product that contains no sodium. Great!Also, its citrate has two side side benefits:1) Citrate intake helps to prevent the most common type of kidney stone.2) Citrates inhibit an enzyme that supports one stage of glycolysis, making them useful in reduction of high blood sugar levels.My visual inspection of the powder I received showed no clumping. That testifies to the thorough sealing and air tightness of its packaging, because potassium citrate is very hygroscopic. I looked for obvious contamination, but saw no foreign matter in it. And it dissolved readily in filtered tap water.Potassium citrate formula : C6H5K3O7So there are 3 atoms of K per molecule of potassium citrate.Thus, potassium citrate is comprised of (3×39) / 306 = 38% potassium (K)With my AWS model AC-100 100 gram digital scale I measured a ¼ US cup volume of Bulk Supplements Potassium Citrate granules to be 63 grams. Since ¼ US cup = 12 US tsp, and the USA adult DV of K is 4700 mg, we have for this supplement :½ tsp = 2625 mg C6H5K3O7; 998 mg K; 21% DV1 tsp = 5250 mg C6H5K3O7; 1995 mg K; 42% DV2 tsp = 10,500 mg C6H5K3O7; 3990 mg K; 85% DV3 ¼ tsp = 17,053 mg C6H5K3O7; 6480 mg K; 138% DVSo the 275 mg serving ( which is only 0.05 tsp ) labeled on this powder's Supplement Facts is insignificantly small. That dose provides only 2% USA adult DV, which is incorrectly labeled as a 3% DV for K. The next richest supplementary source of K ( to this citrate powder ) is Morton Lite Salt, but 2 US tsp of it would be required daily in order to get 80% DV of K, and that would mean an intake of 96% of the sodium DV.TIPSIn general, American adults are recommended to get at least 4,700 mg (100% DV) of potassium daily, while limiting daily sodium to 1,500 mg. But most Americans are not meeting either goal. See the two USDA reports: 'Potassium Intake of the U.S. Population' and 'Sodium Intake of the U.S. Population'. Perhaps the U.S. National Library of Medicine has set the potassium DV absurdly high? The Austrailian Ministry of Health has set their adult men's DV at 81% as high as the USA's, and their adult women's DV is only 60% as high as the USA's.The richest dietary source of potassium (K) is not a banana, but chard. However, it is extremely high in oxalate. A baked potato (with skin), is richer in K than a banana, but one would have to consume five of them per day in order to obtain 100% of the USA adult DV of K !Extended release potassium citrate tablets are prescribed as a long term therapy for treating calcium oxalate kidney stones. The daily intake of those tablets totals 6400 mg as four equally spaced doses. These patients are also advised to restrict their dietary oxalate intake, while increasing their intake of water.CAUTIONThere is a purity issue with this Chinese product. Bulk Supplements did not provide a certificate of analysis with the package. That should be a document prepared by an independent 3rd party. Had they provided an acceptable report I would've given this product a 5-star rating.