{
  "name": "Melatonin 1 mg: Label Census and Cost per Dose",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Verified Supplement Data, https://verifiedsupplementdata.com/melatonin/1-mg/",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-21",
  "methodology": "Supplement Facts melatonin per serving on every retrieved DSLD label, compared with the dose range the sleep trials used. Findings recomputed in both halves of the read order; only findings that held are exported as findings.",
  "studiedRangeMg": {
    "low": 0.5,
    "high": 3,
    "typical": 1
  },
  "labelCensus": {
    "source": "NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) v9",
    "sourceUrl": "https://dsld.od.nih.gov/",
    "retrievedOn": "2026-08-28",
    "labelsOnMarket": 1804,
    "labelsRetrieved": 819,
    "labelsWithDose": 808,
    "brands": 241,
    "findings": {
      "labelsAtOrBelowTypicalDose": 123,
      "labelsAboveTypicalDose": 685,
      "labelsAboveStudiedRange": 370
    },
    "descriptive": {
      "note": "shelf description, not split-half validated findings",
      "medianMgPerServing": 3,
      "p10MgPerServing": 1,
      "p90MgPerServing": 10,
      "maxMgPerServing": 60,
      "topForms": [
        {
          "form": "Tablet or Pill",
          "labels": 393
        },
        {
          "form": "Capsule",
          "labels": 182
        },
        {
          "form": "Gummy or Jelly",
          "labels": 87
        },
        {
          "form": "Liquid",
          "labels": 75
        },
        {
          "form": "Lozenge",
          "labels": 34
        },
        {
          "form": "Softgel Capsule",
          "labels": 22
        }
      ]
    },
    "validation": {
      "method": "split-half by DSLD read order",
      "checked": 3,
      "held": 2,
      "failed": [
        "median dose as directed exceeds per-serving"
      ]
    },
    "notPublished": [
      "median dose as directed exceeds per-serving"
    ]
  },
  "costPerDose": [
    {
      "name": "Carlyle Melatonin 1 mg (300 tablets)",
      "brand": "Carlyle",
      "mgPerServing": 1,
      "servingSize": "1 tablet",
      "servingsPerContainer": 300,
      "priceUsd": 9.99,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-21",
      "costPerDoseUsd": 0.033,
      "dissolvesInMouth": false,
      "certification": "None stated (laboratory tested claim)",
      "nihDsldId": null,
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Source Naturals Sleep Science Melatonin 1 mg (300 lozenges)",
      "brand": "Source Naturals",
      "mgPerServing": 1,
      "servingSize": "1 lozenge",
      "servingsPerContainer": 300,
      "priceUsd": 17.85,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-21",
      "costPerDoseUsd": 0.06,
      "dissolvesInMouth": true,
      "certification": "Non-GMO Verified",
      "nihDsldId": "275312",
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Life Extension Melatonin 1 mg (60 capsules)",
      "brand": "Life Extension",
      "mgPerServing": 1,
      "servingSize": "1 capsule",
      "servingsPerContainer": 60,
      "priceUsd": 4.39,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-21",
      "costPerDoseUsd": 0.073,
      "dissolvesInMouth": false,
      "certification": "None stated (certificate of analysis claim)",
      "nihDsldId": null,
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Natrol Melatonin 1 mg Fast Dissolve, Strawberry (200 tablets)",
      "brand": "Natrol",
      "mgPerServing": 1,
      "servingSize": "1 tablet",
      "servingsPerContainer": 200,
      "priceUsd": 15.49,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-21",
      "costPerDoseUsd": 0.077,
      "dissolvesInMouth": true,
      "certification": "None",
      "nihDsldId": null,
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Natrol Melatonin 1 mg",
      "brand": "Natrol",
      "mgPerServing": 1,
      "servingSize": "1 tablet",
      "servingsPerContainer": 180,
      "priceUsd": 14.7,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-20",
      "costPerDoseUsd": 0.082,
      "dissolvesInMouth": false,
      "certification": "None",
      "nihDsldId": null,
      "availability": "ok"
    }
  ]
}