BIOVIT Magnesium
Natural source: Sea Water
Source natural, organic calcium for food and drink manufacturers
Magnesium is the workhorse of sports nutrition, recovery, and hydration formulations, where four of its ten EFSA claims do most of the heavy lifting: muscle function, electrolyte balance, energy metabolism, and reduction of tiredness. BIOVIT's marine Magnesium (BI078) is concentrated from purified sea water at 33,000 mg per 100g (33% by weight), declared on pack simply as "marine magnesium."
GB and EU compliant, and a direct one-to-one replacement for synthetic magnesium oxide, citrate, and bisglycinate across sports drinks, recovery shakes, hydration powders, and women's health products.
Specified by leading UK manufacturers, with samples dispatched within a week and reformulation support included.
Technical Specification
Full technical data for product code BI078. For tailored documentation or a sample, get in touch with the team.
From powdered shakes to carbonated beverages
Magnesium anchors four major categories - Sports Performance, Recovery, Hydration, and Calm - all leveraging the same EFSA claims for muscle function, energy, and reduced fatigue. Within these, marine Magnesium delivers the ultimate commercial pull.
Powdered Shakes
The flagship application. Marine Magnesium anchors the recovery and energy story in sports, post-workout, and women's health shakes, and pairs cleanly with B vitamins and Iron in fatigue-focused stacks. Dry blending compatible across protein bases.
Carbonated Beverages
Sports drinks, electrolyte sparkling waters, and functional beverages where Magnesium's electrolyte balance claim is the on-pack story. Water-soluble at typical inclusion rates, with no impact on carbonation hold.
Supplements
Capsules, tablets, and powders covering sleep, calm, sports, and women's health positioning. Magnesium's ten EFSA claims give formulators flexibility across multiple category angles from a single ingredient.
See how it works in your formulation
Samples dispatched within a week. Reformulation support included.
Frequently asked questions
Common formulator questions on specifying marine Magnesium, covering bioavailability, the sea water source, sports nutrition relevance, and EFSA claim coverage.
Marine Magnesium sits within BIOVIT's broader bioavailability research programme at Swansea University, in collaboration with Prof Richard Bracken. The published 30-day human intervention trial established equivalent bioavailability between natural and synthetic micronutrient sources across the nutrients measured, supporting the position that marine Magnesium performs in line with synthetic forms.
Sea water delivers Magnesium in a naturally bound form alongside trace minerals from the ocean, with no chemical synthesis required. The "marine magnesium" declaration reads cleaner than "magnesium oxide" or "magnesium bisglycinate" on pack, which matters in sports, recovery, and hydration categories increasingly trading on natural-source credentials.
Yes. Marine Magnesium is water-soluble at typical inclusion rates (0.068 to 0.136 g per portion), suitable for carbonated, still, and powdered beverage applications, including sports drinks, hydration powders, and recovery shakes.
"Marine magnesium." A short, clean, recognisable declaration that signals the natural sea-water source without complicated chemistry on the back-of-pack.
Sea water cannot be organic-certified by the Soil Association, as organic certification applies to cultivated agricultural sources. Marine Magnesium does carry Vegan, Gluten-Free, BRC, FDA Registered, Kosher, and GMO-Free certifications, and is free from all 14 major allergens.
0.068 g per portion for "Source of", 0.136 g for "High in". For a precise cost figure in your formulation, get in touch with the team.
Samples and commercial orders are dispatched within around a week of order confirmation, with full technical documentation included. The MOQ is 1 kg on standard powder format. Bespoke formats and pack sizes available on request.
Yes. Every wholesale order comes with full reformulation support from BIOVIT's Head of Nutrition, Eiméar Sutton RNutr MSc. That includes equivalence mapping against your incumbent magnesium form, inclusion-rate modelling, and on-pack claim wording aligned to GB and EU regulation, at no extra cost.
Magnesium contributes to the following EU-authorised health claims under EFSA Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006:
Reduction of tiredness and fatigue
Normal energy-yielding metabolism
Normal functioning of the nervous system
Normal muscle function
Normal protein synthesis
Normal psychological function
Maintenance of normal bones
Maintenance of normal teeth
Has a role in the process of cell division
Electrolyte balance
Reformulation support is included
Every BIOVIT wholesale order comes with full technical reformulation support at no extra cost, giving your NPD and technical teams direct access to a qualified nutritionist from brief to production.
Eiméar Sutton (RNutr MSc), our Head of Nutrition, leads the technical work on every account: equivalence mapping against your incumbent synthetic, inclusion-rate modelling, on-pack claim wording aligned to GB and EU regulation, and the small details that decide whether a synthetic-to-natural switch lands cleanly on the production line.
The result: shorter development cycles, fewer reformulation rounds, and a finished product your commercial team can stand behind.
