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Riboflavin, Iron and Zinc: study protocols

6 study groups took Riboflavin together with Iron and Zinc. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Riboflavin: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research: Riboflavin

6 study groups in 5 studies say how much Riboflavin participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 1 mg to 2.5 mg, 50% of 6 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mcg to 250 mcg
2
250 mcg to 500 mcg
1
500 mcg to 1 mg
0
1 mg to 2.5 mg
3

Dose per serving from research: Iron

5 study groups in 4 studies say how much Iron participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 2.5 mg to 5 mg, 40% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
2.5 mg to 5 mg
2
5 mg to 10 mg
1
10 mg to 25 mg
1
25 mg to 50 mg
1

Dose per serving from research: Zinc

6 study groups in 5 studies say how much Zinc participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 2.5 mg to 5 mg and 5 mg to 10 mg, 33% of 6 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
2.5 mg to 5 mg
2
5 mg to 10 mg
2
10 mg to 25 mg
1
25 mg to 50 mg
1

Commonly used together

4 of 6 study groups took Riboflavin, Iron and Zinc with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Folic Acid
4
Vitamin B12
4
Vitamin B6
4
Copper
3
Iodine
3
Niacin
3
Thiamine
3
Vitamin A
3
Vitamin D
3
Vitamin E
3

6 study groups

Study
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants
2003 · 20 mg iron and 20 mg zinc with 1 mg riboflavin · Infants aged 6 months at enrollment, followed until 12 months
143 mcg2.86 mg2.86 mg183 days—
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants
2003 · Micronutrient mix (MM) · Infants aged 6 months at enrollment, followed until 12 months
143 mcg2.86 mg2.86 mg183 days—
Effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on fetal loss and infant mortality: a cluster-randomized trial in Nepal
2003 · Multiple micronutrients · Pregnant women in rural Nepal
1.8 mg—30 mg——
Maternal B-vitamin and vitamin D status before, during, and after pregnancy and the influence of supplementation preconception and during pregnancy: Prespecified secondary analysis of the NiPPeR double-blind randomized controlled trial
2023 · intervention · Women planning pregnancy; generally healthy, recruited before conception
1.8 mg12 mg10 mg—870
Daily supplementation of a multiple micronutrient powder improves folate but not thiamine, riboflavin, or vitamin B(12) status among young Laotian children: a randomized controlled trial
2022 · micronutrient powder group (MNP) · Children aged 6–23 months in rural Lao PDR; no disease-based selection, with high prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies
500 mcg6 mg10 mg36 weeks130
A novel nutritional supplement to reduce plasma homocysteine in nonpregnant women: A randomised controlled trial in The Gambia
2019 · UNIMMAP tablet · Nonpregnant, non-lactating healthy women aged 18–45 years in West Kiang, The Gambia; women of reproductive age with common micronutrient deficiencies in the population
1.4 mg30 mg15 mg12 weeks105