
Ingredient fundamentals
A sourcing and development perspective on magnesium in mineral waters, the sports-drink era and fortified beverages, with the distinctions that still matter in a product brief.

Ingredient fundamentals
Distinguish chelate terminology, ligand identity, elemental assay and solution speciation when comparing magnesium and other mineral ingredients.

Ingredient fundamentals
Calculate magnesium glycinate input from the measured elemental magnesium assay, with a worked example and checks for units and assay basis.

Ingredient fundamentals
Understand the 14.1% theoretical magnesium figure and why hydration, assay basis and commercial composition must be checked separately.

Ingredient fundamentals
Compare commercial descriptions through declared composition, assay basis and application testing rather than treating a marketing term as proof of purity.