Chromium, 0.7 mcg, 2%
A nutrient with a Daily Value. The percentage is checkable: 0.7 is 2% of 35.
A Star, a Dagger and a Footnote
Two small marks sit on almost every supplement label. They point to different things, and the Glyco Reset label uses both.
Written by the Goglycoreset Editorial Desk · checked for medical accuracy by Dr. Komal Patil-Sisodia, MD · last revised
Quick answer
Supplement labels use two small symbols. A star usually ties a percent Daily Value or a claim to a footnote, such as “Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet”. A dagger usually marks an ingredient with no Daily Value, or a claim that the FDA has not evaluated. On the Glyco Reset label, a dagger sits beside the 200 mg blend and another beside the front line, Supports Healthy Glucose Utilization.
The star: a pointer to a footnote
On a Supplement Facts panel, a small star after the percent Daily Value column points to a footnote at the foot of the panel. On the Glyco Reset label that footnote reads: Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
This website prints the footnote’s words but not the star itself, so nothing on a page seems to point to fine print that is not there.
The dagger: no Daily Value, or not evaluated
The dagger beside the Glyco Reset blend points to the words “Daily Value not established”. Daily Values exist for nutrients such as chromium; they do not exist for blends of plant extracts and amino acids, so the blend row has no percentage.
The second dagger, beside the front line Supports Healthy Glucose Utilization, points to the boxed FDA statement: these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, and the product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Why the marks matter when you read Glyco Reset
They separate facts from claims
An amount with a percentage is a measured fact; a line with a dagger is a claim the FDA has not evaluated.
They show what is missing
A dagger instead of a percentage tells you no reference amount exists to compare with.
They lead to the small print
The footnotes are short. Reading them takes ten seconds and settles most questions about the panel.
Try it on the Glyco Reset panel
Proprietary Blend, 200 mg, dagger
No Daily Value exists for the blend, so the dagger takes the place of a percentage.
The front line, dagger
A support statement that travels with the FDA box. It describes, it does not promise.